Example sentences of "is assumed that they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because many old people are poor , or mentally or physically frail , it is assumed that they are also rigid , unable to learn , unable to make new relationships , and so on . |
| 2 | But these resources are not sufficient for them to reach their migratory goal and it is assumed that they die before the journey is complete . |
| 3 | PULSARS that are members of binary systems in globular clusters are all rapidly rotating , and it is assumed that they have been spun up by accretion from binary companions . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ! |
| 6 | There is a metaphysics of ontological realism underlying the conception of variable analysis , if only to the extent that it makes sense to talk of indices only if it is assumed that they " stand for " something . |
| 7 | The other four patients had non-functioning gall bladders before and after treatment but their cystic ducts were patent at percutaneous cholecystolithotomy , and it is assumed that they do not respond to the fatty meal stimulus used to test gall bladder emptying . |
| 8 | It is assumed that they will act responsibly , and if there is maladministration or corruption there is the right of appeal to the ombudsman or the courts , though in practice this is of limited use . |