Example sentences of "could [adv] be assumed " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could only be assumed that the prints were obtained in a clandestine manner . |
| 2 | Loyalty had to be reaffirmed each time it was required ; it could not be assumed merely by reason of inhabiting a particular locality . |
| 3 | It had been a major error of judgement on the part of Lenin and the Bolshevik leadership , disregarding Lenin 's earlier warnings that it could not be assumed in any country that class issues would automatically supersede national ones . |
| 4 | Treaty could not be assumed to disregard . |
| 5 | In Rogers v. Parish ( Scarborough ) Ltd. ( 1986 ) the Court of Appeal said it could not be assumed that the statutory definition of merchantable quality ( which dates from 1973 ) was merely a codification of earlier judicial pronouncements upon the meaning of merchantable quality ; pre-1973 cases therefore should not be relied upon . |
| 6 | What are the implications for the CAPM if the market could not be assumed to be perfect ? |
| 7 | Comparison of quantitative data between the tw groups was performed by Student 's t test when normal distribution of the data could be assumed , and by Mann-Whitney U test when distrubiton could not be assumed to be normal ( serum and amylase values ) . |
| 8 | Though they were spoken for my benefit , I could not be assumed to share the same norms . |
| 9 | Whether skilled or unskilled , the vast majority of fathers of brides in the sample were engaged in manual trades ( 110 of the 161 ) , and most of them could safely be assumed to be skilled workers . |