Example sentences of "assume [conj] the [noun sg] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The way of obtaining C outlined above does not assume that the Moon is in hydrostatic equilibrium , which is just as well because it is not . |
| 2 | The scholar may assume that the consensus is the same as his or her own idea of crime . |
| 3 | We will assume that the date is 1 April . |
| 4 | Where hedging of bets ( ‘ ambiguity ’ ) is not just feasible but desirable , we can only assume that the problem is not cancer , but hypochondria . |
| 5 | This generally has something to do with the actual failure , but it is possible that the fault is not accurately reflected in this message , so do n't assume that the problem is pin-pointed precisely every time by these messages . |
| 6 | Erm if we 've got erm er a couple say age sixty , and they 've got their personal allowances er as , as usual , er let's assume that the male 's retired and he 's getting an income of five thousand two hundred , let's just suppose . |
| 7 | Let us assume that the survey is fine . |
| 8 | For purposes of exposition we shall assume that the surplus-value is divided equally between accumulation and unproductive consumption . |
| 9 | However , let us assume that the habit is broken . |
| 10 | Now let's assume that the grass is a little thicker and the putter looks an unsuitable club . |
| 11 | You say , ‘ we will naturally assume that the party is travelling together ’ . |
| 12 | But no general account of methodology can reasonably assume that the investigator is a native speaker or has native speaker-like intuitions , and for an outsider at least identification involves finding evidence that a linguistic unit varies in a systematic way between speakers , or between different speech styles of a single speaker . |
| 13 | Let us assume that the directive is fully supported by the Government , who do not wish to amend one jot or comma of it and who are willing to sign up to its immediate implementation . |
| 14 | ‘ I shall not rise to the inevitable sexism which comes from the Government front bench , ’ replied Ms Armstrong , and since not even today 's siren Labour party can consider the word ‘ silly ’ to be sexist we must assume that the objection is to being described as a woman . |