Example sentences of "[adv] assumed that the " in BNC.

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1 It is apparently assumed that the contents of current affairs programmes can be neatly listed in three columns , headed respectively Favourable to Us , Favourable to Them and Neutral .
2 it will be henceforth assumed that the typical unit of lexicology is the word ( this statement is so obvious as to have an air of tautology ) .
3 Irrespective of the precise role of linearity in the Hebrew notion of time , it was for long assumed that the eschatological nature of that concept greatly influenced , by way of Christianity , the development of our modern idea of time 's unidirectional non-cyclic nature .
4 I had foolishly assumed that the opportunity would be taken to eliminate a particularly hazardous S-bend and install a roundabout in its place thus easing the flow of the many cars , buses and lorries which use the road .
5 I did n't ask why , just assumed that the baby was presenting the wrong way .
6 I had just assumed that the only possible commentary game was West Ham vs Us. 8thvs9th or 2ndvs10 ? ?
7 Rape is only held to have been committed in English law where the sexual intercourse is ‘ unlawful ’ , and it is generally assumed that the function of that term is to remove non-consensual intercourse between a man and his wife from the ambit of rape .
8 On the other hand the EEC Nine produces only 64% of its consumption of sheep meat and it is generally assumed that the UK with approximately 25% of the EEC sheep flock and as the leading producer of 50% of Community production is well placed to reap some advantage which could be of benefit to the hills and upland areas .
9 The corporation cited planning and zoning regulations for refusing these applications but it was generally assumed that the real reason was that the new houses would have been built in Unionist-controlled wards but would have been inhabited by Catholics .
10 But because the demand for central control has arisen out of a general dissatisfaction with education , and this dissatisfaction is often directed towards an excess of ‘ creativity ’ in the classroom , a lack of a disciplined work-force , it is generally assumed that the central common curriculum to be nationally accepted would be down-to-earth , factual , able to be assessed , and marked by a tick or a cross .
11 It is generally assumed that the use of and will enhance plural reference in this example .
12 It is generally assumed that the rise of more widespread educational opportunities has given children of working-class parents the chance to study for the qualifications necessary to enter middle-class occupations .
13 Although it is generally assumed that the free movement of persons within the European Community will increase the impact of ‘ international crime ’ on the internal security problems of the Member States and that more intensive and more effective law enforcement co-operation will be required , there is uncertainty about how better co-ordination can be achieved .
14 In her fantasies Phoebe had somehow assumed that the mammogram would be visible .
15 It was normally assumed that the quantity of differences as measured by some typological evaluation among assemblages ( usually subjective intuition ) is a measure of ethnic affinity between the groups responsible for the archaeological remains .
16 ‘ We 've always assumed that the country has enough water but the shortages of the last three or four years have shown this is not the case , ’ said Dr Neil Johnston , author of the report .
17 I have always assumed that the other side of the gate is private property and that somewhere deep within the woodland is a cottage .
18 Although it was always assumed that the Urban Programme would aim to initiate innovative projects , there must be some doubt whether this has always happened .
19 The industry has always assumed that the birds recover quickly , but research by Dr Michael Gentle , of Edinburgh 's Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research , has shown that the animals experience chronic pain for weeks or months afterwards .
20 The derivation of the birds from a reptilian ( possibly dinosaur ) ancestor is certain , and because the earliest fossil bird , Archaeopteryx , is Jurassic in age , it is usually assumed that the split from the reptiles occurred in the earlier part of the period .
21 It is usually assumed that the aim of group management is to maximise group profit .
22 The torturers usually assumed that the victim had useful information and was guilty .
23 It is usually assumed that the ineffable in art is beyond the province of the professional academic scholar .
24 It may be reasonably confidently assumed that the different criteria for ambiguity which have been described in fact are sensitive to the same underlying semantic property , and that in the absence of ‘ special factors ’ will provide identical diagnoses .
25 ‘ So you jumped to the conclusion that the two episodes were connected and instantly assumed that the villain was me ! ’
26 It is also assumed that the number of arrivals of information per time period varies .
27 It is also assumed that the variance of the error term is constant and that the error terms themselves are uncorrelated with any other firm 's error term ( ) and uncorrelated with the independent variable , .
28 It is also assumed that the reader is familiar with relational database technology and the concepts and terminology therein .
29 ( Some 15 other states where the Moral Majority are by no means the silent majority , had hoped to pass similar laws , but it is now assumed that the case will go to appeal and eventually reach the Supreme Court ) .
30 If it is now assumed that the coefficients on and in the unemployment equation are different , so that we are not assuming structural neutrality , we can rewrite the unemployment equation as :
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