Example sentences of "as [is] [adv] assumed " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may , at the time when it was built , have been intended as a final resting-place for the priestesses of the Knossos Labyrinth , rather than , as is often assumed , for the Knossian kings . |
| 2 | Briefly , the available evidence shows that the benefit they confer on the various socio-economic groups changes according to government policies and they do not always give greater benefits to those living in council accommodation , as is often assumed . |
| 3 | Founded in 1764 , the Club was not ( as is often assumed ) Johnson 's brain-child : Boswell 's Life makes it clear that the idea came from Joshua Reynolds ; and once a week they met at seven in the evening , in the Turk 's Head , a Soho hostelry . |
| 4 | by no means all farmers are as antipathetic to the conservationist case as is sometimes assumed , but eventually they must all make a living . |
| 5 | Edward IV 's financial legacy was not as healthy as is usually assumed and the administration seems to have found itself juggling income and expenditure with more than usual anxiety . |
| 6 | Edward IV 's financial legacy was not as healthy as is usually assumed and the administration seems to have found itself juggling income and expenditure with more than usual anxiety . |
| 7 | This may in part have been a political move , for if he was the son of Ealdorman Æthelmær of Wessex , as is usually assumed , he came from a major West Saxon family , and had a brother , Æthelweard , executed by Cnut in 1017 and a brother-in-law ( another Æthelweard ) banished in 1020 . |