Example sentences of "assume that [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This seems to be the way Rawls treats the problem ( though he is sensitive to fallibility concerning applied principles ( see pp. 195–7 ) But quite apart from the fact that by this one assumes that in the original position the parties discount a general fact of human nature , namely its fallibility , this procedure will sanction non-adaptable constitutions — a highly counter-intuitive conclusion . |
| 2 | We also assumed that from the age of 14 able pupils could and should be reading from a range of books written for adults , so the number of suitable authors would make any list quite impracticable . |
| 3 | Social investigators assumed that in the private sphere of the family altruism prevailed , and tended to ignore the possibility that resources within the family might not be shared equally . |
| 4 | He assumed that after the letter from the Duke of Edinburgh , the princess and her father-in-law had subsequently ‘ patched up their differences . ’ |
| 5 | This is not the sort of news which would make the front pages of newspapers , but you can assume that on the day everyone will be interested in the bride and groom and their respective families . |
| 6 | About two million acres of waste have been enclosed by act since 1700 , so that we may reasonably assume that at the beginning of the eighteenth century there were about seven million acres of ‘ waste ’ all told rather than the ten million estimated by Gregory King . |
| 7 | It just seemed easier to let everyone assume that at the time … ’ |
| 8 | The House of Commons , understandably — again , with some justification but not with total justification — will assume that for the other member states the double hesitation by the United Kingdom was the crucial aspect of the agreements at Maastricht , but it was not . |
| 9 | Let us assume that in the split second that it took our sender to walk into the room and to recognise another person , a decision was made to smile . |
| 10 | Since no commentator or studio expert remarked on this as anything unusual , can we assume that by the next World Cup rugby players will resemble American Superbowl players ? |
| 11 | It is this evidence that led West to the cautious conclusion that ‘ it is reasonable to assume that in the nineteenth century education played some part in economic growth . ’ |
| 12 | Despite the tables being somewhat dated , it is fairly safe to assume that in the case of Scotch Whisky production , the coefficients will not have changed significantly in the interim period . |
| 13 | I also noticed a tendency to assume that by the twentieth century women had overcome most of the problems of inequality . |
| 14 | Assume that at the end of the investor 's time horizon there are two possible end states , the first in which the share price has doubled and the second in which it has halved . |
| 15 | Likewise they implicitly assume that over the medium-term ( 3-10 years ) , the supply side can not be assumed to be constant . |
| 16 | Sometimes a theoretical framework prescribes that particular factors are considered causally prior to others ; Marxists , for example , assume that in the last instance economic variables take precedence over cultural , political variables . |
| 17 | We are certainly justified in assuming that in the constitution of the superego , both love and need for , as well as hatred and fear of , the parents play a part . |
| 18 | Many had assumed that with the emergence of the Common Open Software Environment , those reports of negotiations between Hewlett and NeXT were wide of the mark ( CI No 2,080 ) but not so : Hewlett-Packard says it will offer iAPX-86-based personal computers certified to run the software . |
| 19 | Everyone around him had assumed that at the ti me of his wife 's death he must miss her very much and said what a wonderful person she was . |
| 20 | It is assumed that in the overthrust belt the existence of structural closures can be taken as axiomatic . |
| 21 | It is generally assumed that in the absence of methodological artifacts visual laterality effects in normals arise either because one cerebral hemisphere is relatively inefficient at processing or retrieving the stimulus material presented and/or because one hemisphere can not fully process the information and has to send it across the corpus callosum to the opposite hemisphere . |
| 22 | On the contrary , it is assumed that in the last resort truth is a matter of individual consciences where all consciences are held , by an act of faith , to be equal either in the sight of God or in the sight of man . |
| 23 | The group relief position between the various members of the vendor group , including Target , needs to be considered by both Newco and the vendor , because it will have a bearing on : ( a ) what the parties to the buy-out agree should be paid by Target for group relief to be surrendered to it by other members of the vendor group or , conversely , what payment Target should receive for losses and other group relief items which are available for surrender from Target to other members of the vendor group ; ( b ) whether adjustments need to be made to inter-company loan accounts ; for example if it has been assumed that in the accounting period of Target in which the buy-out occurs it will achieve a certain level of profitability which will enable it to claim group relief from other group companies and that those other companies will accordingly be able to write off £x of inter-company debt due to Target , the fact that Target leaves the vendor group , say , half-way through that accounting period , will prima facie reduce the amount of group relief it can claim to half of £x ; furthermore Newco may not be willing to pay as much as half of £x out of Target unless this represents a discount on the amount of corporation tax Target would otherwise have to pay on such profits ; additionally , the notional disposals which Target makes under s179 TCGA when it leaves the group may either increase its profits ( if a gain arises ) or decrease them ( if a loss arises ) ; ( c ) what the parties agree in terms of indemnity cover for Newco for tax charges crystallising in Target ; for example , the vendor goup may agree to surrender sufficient group relief to Target free of charge to preclude any charge to corporation tax arising from the operation of s179 when Target leaves the group . |
| 24 | It may be assumed that within the three miles the territorial sovereignty would be sufficient to cover any such legislation as the present . |