Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [adv] assumed " in BNC.
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| 1 | This rural bourgeoisie was not , as is so often assumed , a ‘ new feudalism ’ created by the sales of church and common lands after the 1830's . |
| 2 | I do not think that these qualities arise wholly , or even mainly , as it is so often assumed , from the character of its buildings and the beauty of the natural forms , such as trees , which stand in juxtaposition to them . |
| 3 | It is perhaps implicitly assumed that each franchise chain has little market power . |
| 4 | Although it is still popularly assumed that men are more prone to fall prey to the ravages of ‘ burnout ’ due to overwork and unhealthy lifestyle , all the evidence now points to women , especially aged between 35 and 50 , as today 's prime targets of stress . |
| 5 | It is also normally assumed that there is a perfectly competitive market structure and no potential to reap economies of scale . |
| 6 | Following this logic , only those depressive conditions where a stressor is apparently absent should be considered as ‘ real ’ depression , which is also sometimes assumed to be more likely to include psychotic symptoms and biological dysfunction . |
| 7 | In other words , if he does n't like what he sees , the eventual succession from Davies to Jenkins would not , as is now widely assumed , be inevitable . |
| 8 | Jeremy Isaacs , former chief executive of Channel Four , challenged Mr Birt to name the mystery secretarial assistant to whom Mr Birt 's company paid a £15,000 salary , and who is now widely assumed to have been Mrs Jane Birt . |
| 9 | But the exact nature of the contribution is perhaps less straightforward than is now often assumed . |
| 10 | But the exact nature of the contribution is perhaps less straightforward than is now often assumed . |
| 11 | This programme for a natural religion has its own importance as making explicit something which is often enough assumed , but has been heavily criticised in much modern theology — the idea that religion functions chiefly to safeguard the good ordering of society . |
| 12 | In addition to this , the head of the household is almost always assumed to be the man in the household , even if the wife is working . |
| 13 | Certainly ‘ professionalism ’ is beginning to be viewed sceptically and competence is no longer assumed . |
| 14 | It is too often assumed that if a law is not designed to protect one man from another its only rationale can be that it is designed to punish moral wickedness , or in Lord Devlin 's words ‘ to enforce a moral principle ’ . |
| 15 | It is very often assumed , particularly by non-technical persons , that a product is tested for stability and that after a certain time a result is obtained proving stability of the product and/or pack . |