Example sentences of "because [pron] is assumed " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only because it is assumed that if people understood the system in which they were involved they would not put up with it , and it would not go on . |
| 2 | This answer to the problem of overcrowding is not thought to need any further explanation because it is assumed to be the rational course of action : people saw that it was the only feasible thing to do , and acted accordingly . |
| 3 | As with his genealogical history , Foucault 's meditations on power are not themselves without problems , but reactions to them can also be too hastily dismissive , often because it is assumed that they are proposed as a general theory . |
| 4 | Thus , for example , the disabled wife ( or cohabitee ) can only draw the Non-contributory Invalidity Pension if she is unable to perform normal ( as defined by the DHSS ) household duties , regardless of whether housework is her normal profession , regardless of the fact that men and single women only have to prove inability to do paid work to qualify for the pension ; and conversely , the Invalid Care Allowance , for people who lose their incomes because they must stay at home and care for a sick relative , is not payable to wives ( or cohabitees ) because it is assumed that they would be at home in any case ! |
| 5 | Unlike the others who appear and disappear as fashion and progress dictate , children occupy a permanent place in the list partly because of their continuing presence as a potential sub-class , partly because they have never protested and mainly because it is assumed that in favourable circumstances they will become men and therefore require attention . |
| 6 | The equity method is generally used for a holding of 20-50% of the outstanding voting shares ( that is , shares which have been issued and which are currently held by shareholders ) because it is assumed , on the basis of this level of ownership , that an investor has the ability to exert significant influence in the affairs of the company . |