Example sentences of "assumed [conj] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , it should not be assumed that Jacobitism was based solely — or even primarily — on the legitimist principle . |
| 2 | It has been generally accepted that demolition of itself does not constitute development and , although there is some legal uncertainty on the matter , local authorities have typically assumed that demolition is outside the ambit of development control . |
| 3 | However , as explained , such problems are often symptoms of deeper organisational and management problems : ‘ It is often assumed that stress is caused by too much work or tasks that are too difficult , but it is more likely to be because staff do n't have a context for what they are doing . ’ |
| 4 | It is often assumed that winter is the most suitable time for training yet only 43% indicated that any time during winter would be suitable . |
| 5 | The ATB records indicated that as much as 70% of all training was undertaken during the winter and it was therefore assumed that winter was the most suitable season for training . |
| 6 | Lamarckism still assumed that evolution was driven by the interaction between the organism and its environment , but some opponents of Darwinism insisted that the process must be controlled by forces arising from within the organism . |
| 7 | As religious beliefs can not be proved scientifically they are to be doubted , for it is assumed that religion is just a matter of subjective opinion . |
| 8 | In writing them this way we have assumed that labour is rationed on the supply side , i.e. , that in the factor market . |
| 9 | At low levels of arousal it is assumed that attention is divided among many cues so there will potentially be some memory for all cues . |
| 10 | For example , it is often assumed that multiculturalism is methodologically individualist , and reduces racism to an individual pathology of prejudice , whilst antiracism is radically holist and insists on the primacy of structural processes . |
| 11 | Within this " quantitative paradigm " ( see Romaine 1982 ) , it is assumed that variability is inherent in language and " variable rules " give the best account of the frequency with which one or other variant is used within a particular group . |
| 12 | To have seen him and de Castelnau together , one might well have assumed that Pétain was the born aristocrat , the squat and rather swarthy general the peasant ; though in fact it was the reverse . |
| 13 | As other factors may influence company returns it may be assumed that beta is not a measure of total risk . |
| 14 | It is assumed that LIFESPAN is accessed via user USER1 with password USER1 . |
| 15 | However , it is generally assumed that rug-weaving was brought into China , probably from Turkestan or Mongolia , some time before the reign of Emperor K'ang Hsi ( 1661–1722 ) , a noted patron of the arts who may well have encouraged its assimilation into Chinese artistic life . |
| 16 | Crudely simplified , majority opinion passed through two well-defined phases in the West : first , it was assumed that war was unthinkable and impossible as a continuation of policy ; later , it was suggested that within certain limits nuclear war might still be winnable , if you were sufficiently prepared . |