Example sentences of "may [adv] be assumed " in BNC.
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| 1 | In poetry this minimum may always be assumed to be present but that is not true of the making of images . |
| 2 | To constitute an offence under those sections the waste must have been deposited on an unlicensed site or in breach of the conditions in the licence , must amount to an ‘ environmental hazard ’ and must have been deposited in such circumstances or for such a period that whoever deposited it there may reasonably be assumed to have abandoned it there or to have brought it there for the purpose of its being disposed as waste . |
| 3 | Over a smaller range , consistent with the acceptable variation of the mains , the relationship may even be assumed to be linear , with error well within the tolerance attainable for plant measurements with this device . |
| 4 | Decisions of the court upon the meanings of phrases used in Acts of Parliament may come , in the course of time , to give them the quality of terms of art which Parliament may well be assumed to have intended them to bring with them when used in subsequent legislation . |
| 5 | It may therefore be assumed that a manager is maintaining an adequate policy if the competitive position is being maintained and projections indicate that it is likely to be maintained in future . |