Example sentences of "[been] assume to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | This seems to me to illustrate what I would call the ‘ Breakthrough Phenomenon ’ : the sudden discovery that something which has been assumed to be out of the question is not out of the question at all . |
| 2 | They have generally been assumed to be massless , particularly as measurements of the electron-neutrino mass showed it to be less than a few ten thousandths that of the electron . |
| 3 | It was , however , the advice of the law officers of the day , and it has been assumed to be correct ( inter alia by Parliament in the Royal Titles Act 1953 ) , that upon failure of male heirs , primogeniture should apply as well to females . |
| 4 | In that year the German chemist Friedrich Wohler ( 1800–92 ) found a way of producing from inorganic materials the chemical urea ; always beforehand this had been assumed to be a substance that could be produced only by bodily ( biochemical ) reactions . |
| 5 | These strains are prone to wasting away , which has been assumed to be due to constitutional weakness . |
| 6 | Previously , the ages given by kimberlite-derived zircons ( mostly megacrysts ) have been assumed to be reset to the time of eruption and cooling . |
| 7 | For Marxist sociology , as we have seen , cause and correction have not usually been problematic , since capitalism has been assumed to be the cause and the transition to socialism the cure ; their attention has been more directed to capitalist law-creation and-enforcement . |
| 8 | Lafford is a prebend of Lincoln Cathedral , and Richard has been assumed to be also identifiable as Richard de Bello ( of Battle , probably Battle in Sussex ) who was prebendary of Lafford in 1277 and who was also treasurer of Lincoln Cathedral by October 1270 , until at least April 1278 . |
| 9 | Safety , which has for a long time been assumed to be at odds with commercial considerations , is now a business interest . |
| 10 | In his young days unmarried men had been assumed to be wicked dogs , gay bachelors . |
| 11 | Similarly , the payment schedule has been assumed to be independent of efficiency , but incentive schemes can be introduced where there are observable measures of output . |
| 12 | Previously they had been assumed to be something that belonged to the Royal College of Art , the Slade School , the Royal Ballet School , and so on . |
| 13 | Many have accused schools of trying to prop up ailing churches and fill empty pews , and Christian teachers in particular have been assumed to be heavily biased , teaching for commitment to their particular brand of religion and intolerant towards other religions and other world views . |