Example sentences of "assumed [prep] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 An out-of-court settlement on Feb. 15 gave 987 " names " — individuals whose assets support underwriting at Lloyd 's — £116,000,000 in compensation for massive losses sustained in reinsurance contracts assumed in 1982 by a number of Lloyd 's agents , the most prominent of which was RHM Outhwaite Underwriting ; the " names " had alleged negligence and breach of contract by the underwriters .
2 In arguing for the relevance of the notion of autonomy in private life , she brings into question the demarcation point between private and public life which is assumed by most of the philosophical tradition she is working in .
3 In any case , for him 7,500,000 votes was sufficient legitimacy , and it could , after all , be assumed by those of a religious turn of mind that God had already blessed his enterprise — could he have succeeded otherwise ?
4 One view is that climatic geomorphology assumes that climate governs the character and distribution of landforms and although this view appears to be assumed by some of the critics of climatic geomorphology they do not cite many specific cases where the viewpoint is clearly advanced .
5 Teachers , too , are assumed by some of the proponents of opting out not to care whether the school , with a changed status , has to buy in the traditional services of local advisers , librarians or in-service training .
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