Example sentences of "one can [adv] assume that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both dramatic playing and performance use dramatic metaphors , abstractions which immediately qualify the kind , intensity and degree of emotional response — one can reasonably assume that neither the actor on stage nor the child in the classroom is actually going to experience murderous intent , overwhelming grief , spiritual ecstasy or sexual arousal during the drama experience . |
| 2 | By intervening in this way , one can reasonably assume that this request can be regarded as making an exception to the general rules — implicit or explicit — of identification . |
| 3 | Malcolmson ( 1984 : 126 ) argues that ‘ an essential feature of the world Williamson is interested in [ … ] is not one in which one can simply assume that economic efficiency will win out in the end ’ . |
| 4 | But one can not assume that an everyday ‘ coherent ’ sense of self is readily available . |
| 5 | In such circumstances one can not assume that there is a single goal , such as profit maximization , that represents the interests of the firm . |
| 6 | One can only assume that your club committee have the welfare of both the fishery and your fish at heart which we should not knock . |
| 7 | One can only assume that the farm would suffer if this came about . |
| 8 | One can only assume that the purchasers of these lichen-grey accoutrements are members of EXIT , and that anyone attempting to rescue them would receive a bloody nose for their trouble . |
| 9 | One can only assume that the later , powerfully muscled and squatter ankylosaurs were more finely tuned to Earth 's gravity . |
| 10 | One can only assume that Clinton means well . |
| 11 | One can only assume that , at least for a while , they were able to survive on fully aquatic prey , such as fishes . |
| 12 | One can only assume that this puppy 's there so Olympic hosts Spain at least get a sniff at a medal . |
| 13 | Considering the wretchedness for which these floating prisons later became infamous it was an unhappy endorsement and one can only assume that his short-term view of a particular problem was allowed to obscure his longer term aims . |
| 14 | One can only assume that the Roman officials exceeded their authority and treated the royal family with disrespect . |
| 15 | One can only assume that some estates and businesses were sold to his wealthy followers . |
| 16 | One can only assume that , if the Bill had been introduced 70 or 80 years ago , the House would have been rather more crowded than today . |
| 17 | One can only assume that this is another example of the popular press indulging in unwarranted smears , this time against the Mission Impossible Party of Labour and the loyal supporters of Darlington FC . |
| 18 | Besides , while the financial implications of the defeat by England have never been revealed , one can safely assume that the loss has deprived the French players of a fair amount of endorsements and sponsorship . |
| 19 | One can therefore assume that the impressions will be embedded in the brain in nonsensical recollections quite unconnected with the structure of the environment ’ . |