Example sentences of "assume that [noun] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | But once one assumes that accumulation is taking place — and Marx asserts that this is the chief aim of capitalism — then the proportion of surplus-value which is unproductively consumed has quite a different significance . |
| 2 | The data in Table I ( drawn from work published by B R McLeod and Abraham Liboff ) assumes that H is exclusively the geomagnetic field strength . |
| 3 | The formal solution unc ( 3 ) assumes that A is non-singular . |
| 4 | Note that the construction assumes that B is altruistic towards A as well as vice versa . |
| 5 | He assumes that Nick is , you people are rearranging my genes , so that everyone will be like everyone else . |
| 6 | The president evidently assumes that Labour is likelier to muster a majority in parliament . |
| 7 | A traditional linguistics which studies the formal properties of a language ( its lexicon , phonology , graphology ) assumes that meaning is conveyed through correct application of the rules by users . |
| 8 | We shall assume that output is determined by the minimum of supply and demand , so that with excess supply in both markets , the quantities traded in each will be determined by demand . |
| 9 | We shall assume that g is known and we shall treat g as the predictable component of monetary growth ; on the other hand , v t is not known and is therefore the unpredictable component . |
| 10 | let's assume that Mr is right in the suggestion he put to you about the building on the left , that it 's a golf course and we can see for ourselves without any evidence there 's a man fishing on the lake at the bottom there , were you trying to suggest that as part of the deal at a lake would be provided or a golf club ? |
| 11 | Boltzmann did not assume that energy is minimized . |
| 12 | And when you eventually decide what time to travel , you can safely assume that BR is n't responsible for your train being late — blame the leaves on the track — or for the lack of pickle in your sandwiches — write to Clement Freud . |
| 13 | In the quantity trading rule for the labour market we shall assume that employment is determined by the demand for labour . |
| 14 | Brave words , but maybe justified ; and please do n't assume that Sonny is just another twelve-bar merchant , since he 's also a songwriter whose influences go from Dylan and Hendrix through to Cajun — the waltzes and the two-steps of the white settlers from Nova Scotia — and zydeco , the dynamic music form of black New Orleans . |
| 15 | It would be a mistake to assume that sleep is a period when the body is marking time and just ticking over idly . |
| 16 | The inference seems to work roughly like this : assume B 's utterance is relevant ; if it 's relevant then given that A asked a question , B should be providing an answer ; the only way one can reconcile the assumption that B is co-operatively answering A's question with the content of B's utterance is to assume that B is not in a position to provide the full information , but thinks that the milkman 's coming might provide A with the means of deriving a partial answer . |
| 17 | But because , in terms of our Christian moral code , this is a shameful matter we are inclined to push it to one side and to assume that kinship is the equivalent of " blood relationship " which implies , or should imply , biological connection . |
| 18 | And I do n't think that it 's too far-fetched to assume that person is one and the same ! ’ |
| 19 | If the theory that DNA and its copying machinery arose spontaneously is so improbable that it obliges us to assume that life is very rare in the universe , and may even be unique to Earth , our first resort is to try to find a more probable theory . |
| 20 | This example points to an underlying trend in the English language : to assume that male is the norm and to define women by reference to their sexuality . |
| 21 | Downing Street strategists planning their tactics as the battle for hearts and minds over monetary union enters a crucial phase would be wrong , therefore , to assume that Bonn is a natural ally . |
| 22 | It is these large-scale ‘ improvements ’ of the countryside that later lead Sir Leicester to assume that nature is dependent for its execution on great county families . |
| 23 | If the pond level only drops during periods of hot weather it is safe to assume that evaporation is the cause . |
| 24 | While it may be true to say that the one predominates in Christianity and the other in such Eastern religions as Buddhism and Hinduism , it would be a mistake to assume that Christianity is devoid of the principle of identity or that Buddhism and Hinduism are devoid of the principle of participation . |
| 25 | Since most foreigners know only of the Phoenix King and the pre-eminence of Eataine they tend to assume that Ulthuan is a far more homogeneous bloc than in fact it is . |
| 26 | Many people assume that Eton is a luxurious school . |
| 27 | Many executive managers assume that resistance is a representation of ‘ the enemy , ’ whereas the reality is that no change can occur without it . |
| 28 | Left-inclined critics argue that pluralists ignore the more fundamental question of who actually benefits from public-policy outcomes and wrongly assume that participation is power . |
| 29 | Senior registrar appointment committees assume that accreditation is necessary before someone is appointed to a consultant post and that accreditation will be granted only after four years of higher training ( eight years for a doctor training half time under the PM(79)3 scheme ) . |
| 30 | We have a long way to go before society really shifts in attitude , and both men and women assume that caring is not only a woman 's job . |