Example sentences of "[vb mod] only assume " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Cosier , do n't you think ? ’ she said coyly , as she slid into a chair nearest the kitchen door and gave him what he could only assume was her standard come-hither look . |
| 2 | The handwriting , he could only assume , was that of Diane Jackson . |
| 3 | It was improbable in the extreme that Brian 's sterling qualities had come to the notice of the Comptroller of the Household , and she could only assume that the summons had been the consequence of her father 's having been an RA . |
| 4 | He could only assume that , being unaware of his true status as a DIA agent , the DEA and its oversight agency , the FBI , had seen him as a soft target , and framed the passport violation charge as a means of silencing an awkward witness without realizing who he was or the damage they were doing . |
| 5 | There she found herself ensconced in a huge grey suede and chrome armchair , clutching a hefty measure of Scotch , and staring blankly around at what she could only assume to be the ‘ minimalist ’ style of interior decoration . |
| 6 | When they saw her appear at the bedroom window , they could only assume she was all right . |
| 7 | He would only assume that she attached some importance to his opinion and take it as a compliment . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , you do n't look a bit like Mr Harris , ’ she said , ‘ so we can only assume … ’ ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I can only assume there was a problem on the day , ’ says the spokesman , of Guildford 's difficulties . |
| 11 | One can only assume that the farm would suffer if this came about . |
| 12 | The good prospect ’ he added , ‘ could arise if , as individuals , we felt able to resist the temptation to produce when that production does no more than fill up warehouses and to resist the temptation to chase prices down with what I can only assume is the objective of preserving a small bit of market share ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ I can only assume they were intoxicated by the flood of enthusiasm from central government , and thought they could do anything , even build power stations in the sand , ’ he says . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | His food goes in a corner manger and a brick goes in with it ; the weight of the brick means he ca n't throw the manger about and we can only assume that its bulk gives him something to think about . |
| 16 | I can only assume she tried once too often to enter the nest , as the female died during the night . |
| 17 | One can only assume that the later , powerfully muscled and squatter ankylosaurs were more finely tuned to Earth 's gravity . |
| 18 | In an attempt to compensate for this and to represent what I can only assume is a minority interest for your readership , my entry consists of a substantial majority of jazzers . |
| 19 | I can only assume that this continuing violence to musical instruments is being pursued in the interests of ‘ entertaining ’ the majority of the audience ( who are non-musicians ) . |
| 20 | Can only assume this was designed a long time ago , say roughly 1983 ; surely even Peter Snow must now realise that a Labour landslide is rather more likely than a Tory one . |
| 21 | We can only assume that Sussex did not diverge too far from the rest of the southern English religious experience , after its rather late entry into the fold . |
| 22 | It could not have been for lack of qualifications , for Moira had served seven years on the BBC 's General Advisory Council and four years as a director of Border Television ; so one can only assume it was because of my Liberal Party connections . |
| 23 | As for President elect Clinton 's oblique references to the asylum laws , one can only assume his administration will have no intention of interfering with the due processes of law in the US . |
| 24 | One can only assume that Clinton means well . |
| 25 | One can only assume that , at least for a while , they were able to survive on fully aquatic prey , such as fishes . |
| 26 | Until the manner in which such goods are dispersed within regions is better understood we can only assume , at present , that places with very high consumption are also the points of distribution where a paramount controlled such prestige exchange , consuming most locally and allowing the passage of a little to other places . |
| 27 | One can only assume that this puppy 's there so Olympic hosts Spain at least get a sniff at a medal . |
| 28 | ‘ I can only assume they either think he 'll be too busy with other matters or that he 'll be stirring up trouble . |
| 29 | The company behind the scam , Mandela , are refusing to fill in any more details , however , so we can only assume it 's another cash-in wind up . |
| 30 | 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 . |