Example sentences of "if we assume that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Probability of life arising on a planet ( in , say , a billion years ) , if we assume that life arises at a rate of about once per solar system .
2 This is compatible with the other version of modular organization , redundancy , but it is equally compatible with the system being interactive , if we assume that removal of any one component has effects that are not detected by the behavioural task .
3 If we assume that ducks peek randomly , briefly and independently of each other then the probability of the flock detecting a randomly attacking cat is given by P = 1 — e where n is the flock size .
4 If we assume that accountants play a passive role in this , namely that they provide only what is expressly requested , then we build our accounting theory on that .
5 However , if we assume that accountants also have an educational role , we might add to our definitions , to include potential users and potential users ' needs .
6 In Fig. 9–5 B will find himself with income and if we assume that A for whatever reason is altruistic towards B , then there exists a demand by A for , income for , which is normally marginally irrelevant .
7 If we assume that bleomycin cuts best in regions of alternating purine and pyrimidine by virtue of their structure , then this explains why GpT and GpC are cut better than GpA and GpG , and also explains why a 5'-pyrimidine increases the rate of cleavage at these sites .
8 But to begin with this assumption is to by-pass , rather than explain , the mystery of perception as it presents itself to us if we assume that perception occurs because the perceived object impinges directly or indirectly upon the nervous system .
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