Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] assumed [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Einstein 's Theories of Relativity are generally assumed to tell us that nothing can travel faster than light . |
| 2 | Polar stocks are generally assumed to have accumulated , and still be accumulating , adaptations that equip them for the polar environment ; endemic polar species , that are found only in polar regions , are assumed to be derived from temperate or subpolar stocks , via intermediate stages that no longer exist . |
| 3 | By virtue of having a prior claim on assets and having a fixed and legally enforceable income and redemption , fixed interest debentures are usually assumed to offer less risk to the investor . |
| 4 | There are bedside books but no bedside ideas ; and books , plays and films are now assumed to exist less to amuse or console than to stimulate and provoke . |
| 5 | Other economic transactors are now assumed to compare the declining yield on bills with the ( now relatively higher ) yield on close substitutes such as short-dated bonds . |
| 6 | The second underlying problem is unexpected company collapses , which are popularly assumed to indicate audit failures . |
| 7 | A major difficulty with the thesis is that it rests on an a priori allocation of functions between national and local states , and that these functions are then assumed to produce specific and separate political processes . |