Example sentences of "we assume that the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Should we assume that the meaningfulness of such a hypothesis necessarily depends on the possibility ( in principle , at least ) of turning the relevant propositional schema into a meaningful singular proposition , viz. by replacing the " bound " variable ( the variable governed by the " existential quantifier " ) with an appropriate name , or a naming phrase ?
2 Shall we assume that the Home Secretary , too , will grant a reprieve to William Joyce ( ‘ Lord Haw Haw ’ ) because by January 3 , 1946 , the date of his execution , Germany had ceased to be an enemy country ?
3 However , a new problem arises — that of selection due to differential recruitment of those receiving or not receiving X. For example if , after a TV programme on violence in society , we sample to compare the opinions of those who watched it with those who did not on the question of bringing back corporal punishment , can we assume that the subpopulations of watchers and non-watchers are otherwise similar ?
4 Nor should we assume that the parties were static .
5 Let us assume that the survey is fine .
6 The sentence has 28 characters in it , so let us assume that the monkey has a series of discrete " tries ' , each consisting of 28 bashes at the keyboard .
7 To complicate the situation , let us assume that the package under consideration is itself called up from a higher package with a different manager .
8 Let us assume that the directive is fully supported by the Government , who do not wish to amend one jot or comma of it and who are willing to sign up to its immediate implementation .
9 Let us assume that the economy inherits a real wage rate w 1 .
10 However , let us assume that the habit is broken .
11 Floyd 's Algorithm works with the adjacency matrix representation of G. For convenience , let us assume that the vertex set of G is so that G is represented by a variable A of type
12 Let us assume that the value of child benefit , currently at £7.25 , be doubled ( as is proposed as part of the tax changes in chapter 19 ) .
13 To take a specific example , let us assume that the production function all of a sudden shifts ‘ upwards ’ .
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