Example sentences of "[be] usually assumed " in BNC.
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1 | By virtue of having a prior claim on assets and having a fixed and legally enforceable income and redemption , fixed interest debentures are usually assumed to offer less risk to the investor . |
2 | The derivation of the birds from a reptilian ( possibly dinosaur ) ancestor is certain , and because the earliest fossil bird , Archaeopteryx , is Jurassic in age , it is usually assumed that the split from the reptiles occurred in the earlier part of the period . |
3 | It is usually assumed ( see e.g. LoLordo and Ross 1987 ; Ross and LoLordo 1987 ) that such explicit training is necessary for a stimulus to acquire modulatory , occasion-setting properties ( but see also Bonardi ( 1989 , 1991 ) ) . |
4 | So there 's often a contradiction as to whether programmes are addressed to their actual or potential audiences or to a hypothetical audience , which in current affairs and news broadcasts is usually assumed to be a male viewer . |
5 | Loss of the nuptial pads is usually assumed to be a consequence of mating on land because , in other frogs and toads , their function appears to be to help the male to grip onto the female 's slippery back while mating in water . |
6 | It is usually assumed that this is a deficiency in the enzymes ( see p 18 ) that detoxify foreign chemicals . |
7 | It is usually assumed that the aim of group management is to maximise group profit . |
8 | For example , hearing impairments provide a common aetiology for linguistic difficulties among deaf children and for this reason it is usually assumed that deaf children will respond to therapy in similar ways . |
9 | Since Bentham 's position is usually assumed to be rigorist , it is worth pointing out that his main formulations , such as we have described above , seem to be non-rigorist . |
10 | It is usually assumed that although the ever-increasing indebtedness of the USA can not continue indefinitely , the elimination of the imbalance should not be brought about by sudden and severe adjustment . |
11 | Edward IV 's financial legacy was not as healthy as is usually assumed and the administration seems to have found itself juggling income and expenditure with more than usual anxiety . |
12 | It is usually assumed that the ineffable in art is beyond the province of the professional academic scholar . |
13 | It is usually assumed that teachers and heads are held to account but whether they are accountable to resource providers ( ratepayers , taxpayers , policy makers , administrators ) , customers ( pupils , parents , employers ) , or their professional colleagues , is ill-defined . |
14 | These scholars , with their narrow reliance on sometimes incomplete statistics and a hypothetical input for ‘ social saving ’ , argue that the railways were much less important than is usually assumed , because if they had not existed , something else would have emerged to take their place . |
15 | When the rear subdivision is absent , it is usually assumed , on very little evidence , that an upper storey acted as the domestic residence or , alternatively , as storage space . |
16 | Similarly the south gate is usually assumed to be at the end of Southgate Street where an internal street points in the direction of Boley Hill ; the existence of a cemetery in this region outside the walls would support this assumption . |
17 | When these figures show a substantial increase , it is usually assumed that crime , in particular violent crime , has risen dramatically , but , particularly in recent years , other factors have influenced those statistics . |
18 | Edward IV 's financial legacy was not as healthy as is usually assumed and the administration seems to have found itself juggling income and expenditure with more than usual anxiety . |
19 | The missing actor is usually assumed to be the writer . |
20 | By then Harald is usually assumed to have been dead . |
21 | This may in part have been a political move , for if he was the son of Ealdorman Æthelmær of Wessex , as is usually assumed , he came from a major West Saxon family , and had a brother , Æthelweard , executed by Cnut in 1017 and a brother-in-law ( another Æthelweard ) banished in 1020 . |