Example sentences of "it [vb mod] be [adj] to assume " in BNC.

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1 So when he claims to have had glimpses of absolute Truth , it may be reasonable to assume , not that he has caught a glimpse of some kind of hypostasized Ultimate or extra-mundane entity , but rather that through his participation in a particular form of life he is made aware of the need to live and act in accordance with certain religious and ethical criteria and is informed by the spirit of what might be called dharma ( law ) , or ta ( moral law ) , or tao ( way ) but which he prefers to call Truth ( Satya ) or God .
2 However , it may be wrong to assume that this inability to create a coordinated response is a bad thing : a truly-integrated response to the cities from the Conservative governments elected in 1979 and after might have been even more detrimental to the major conurbations than it has been .
3 It might be reasonable to assume that Mr Goodhaven did n't set the trap himself , to persuade me of his innocence , ’ he said , writing ‘ Henry Goodhaven ’ on the list .
4 IT MIGHT be fair to assume that the people who made the posters for both Labour and the Conservatives would be experts on the way the campaign has been run .
5 It would be rash to assume the former ; and realistic to accept that some gurus are the latter , especially those who have become ‘ brands ’ in their own right .
6 " Clearly it would be rash to assume that Shakespeare knew of this earlier version . "
7 ‘ On the other hand , ’ Doctor Staples said , ‘ it would be unscientific to assume that this had anything to do with his lung collapse .
8 Yet it would be anachronistic to assume that they had surrendered their rights in anticipation of Marxist theories about the superiority of the all-Russian market , or that they felt a particular brotherly love towards the Great Russian folk .
9 However enjoyable it was , it would be dangerous to assume that yesterday 's party can continue .
10 It would be dangerous to assume from this simplification , however , that the two perspectives can be easily separated by the ideological position each adopts , the former tending to see ‘ permissiveness ’ as bad , the latter seeing it as good .
11 It would be dangerous to assume that this balance of topics necessarily reflects the Authority 's PNP priorities very accurately .
12 It is not possible to identify the proportional contributions of student and supervisor to the publication , in terms of information content , but in the case of mapping assignments , it would be logical to assume that the student performed most of the fieldwork , deriving theoretical insights in later discussion with the supervisor and others .
13 It is not possible to identify the proportional contributions of student and supervisor to the publication , in terms of information content , but in the case of mapping assignments , it would be logical to assume that the student performed most of the fieldwork , deriving theoretical insights in later discussion with the supervisor and others .
14 Some say that Linear A is related to the Phoenician and Palestinian languages , and that the texts contain lists of people and quantities of produce ; but it would be premature to assume this .
15 It would be presumptuous to assume fans switched allegiance overnight and started buying records by The Wedding Present instead of The Smiths .
16 It would be prudent to assume that the GRU , in collaboration with its clients , is effective at identifying needs and diverting what it purloins to the right places .
17 In R v Mehmed [ 1963 ] Crim LR 780 where the accused had an air pistol which he produced in another 's private house , it would be reasonable to assume that he must have carried it in a public place to get it there or to take it away .
18 So it would be reasonable to assume the thing could run standalone .
19 Allowing for a certain amount of exaggeration , it would be reasonable to assume that most of the wealthy landowners and business men would have suffered in this ruthless purge .
20 It would be reasonable to assume that the considerable changes that took place in Britain were a result of these large-scale confiscations .
21 It would be reasonable to assume , therefore , that particular attention would be given to the incorporation of such knowledge in the development of handwriting recognition systems .
22 This is somewhat surprising , since it would be reasonable to assume that domain-specific dictionaries would contain the most appropriate collocations for domain-specific documents .
23 If it can be shown that most children recorded as unoccupied in the census also had economically inactive lone mothers then it would be reasonable to assume that the concerns about numerator-denominator bias expressed by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys may be exaggerated .
24 Looking beyond the extra revenue generated by holidays at home , increased tourism and relieved direct taxation ( some £20,000 million ) being spent mainly in industries which are very labour intensive , it would be reasonable to assume also that there would be sufficient jobs created to satisfy our social requirements .
25 It would be reasonable to assume that such researchers had adopted new research interests , had changed occupations , or had moved to different localities .
26 It would be reasonable to assume that such researchers had adopted new research interests , had changed occupations , or had moved to different localities .
27 Perhaps it would be reasonable to assume that 550 deaths are caused in England , Wales and Scotland every year by drunken driving .
28 If the lender under such an instrument had the right to require early redemption , but on exercise of that right he would receive only the original issue price , it would be unrealistic to assume that he would exercise it unless the issuer 's creditworthiness deteriorated to a significant extent .
29 It would be unrealistic to assume that any assessment process based solely on one assessor 's judgement of another 's competence would always be regarded as completely valid and reliable .
30 Kufrans and Ajdabiyans did not conform to any stereotype of simple , backward tribesmen : it would be wrong to assume from their voting patterns that they were simple mechanical products of a tribal model of society .
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