Example sentences of "can assume " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If Sir Vivien had reached the fifteenth green at the time of his abduction and Bonzo arrived in the clubhouse at ten o'clock , we can assume that Sir Vivien himself must have begun his round at , shall we say , about half past eight . ’ |
| 2 | Initially the subject will attend to a new stimulus but will then gradually lose interest and start to look away ( habituation ) ; if the stimulus is then changed in some way and if this causes a re-awakening of interest ( dishabituation ) then we can assume that the baby has detected the change . |
| 3 | If the subject prefers to look at one stimulus rather than another we can assume that he has detected a difference between them . |
| 4 | Today such dancers are rare , but others can assume these roles because technique has advanced . |
| 5 | Unfortunately there are no German records in existence ( perhaps something may now turn up after the reunification ! ) but we can assume that the result of the raid fell short of causing significant damage to the German war machine . |
| 6 | Richard Ryder , Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Food , Fisheries and Agriculture Shopping in a place called a health food shop does n't mean you can assume everything it sells is safe or healthy . |
| 7 | One can assume that all the nationalists preferred O'Neill but even eighty-four per cent of those who called themselves unionists were opposed to Paisley . |
| 8 | You can assume that I mean legitimate , ethical and otherwise proper methods . |
| 9 | In all walks of life wives have to deal with emergencies but in the farming industry these can occur regularly and can assume considerable importance . |
| 10 | Mr Grayson replied : ‘ If we can assume that the same degree of care is taken in all countries showing — and I think it is true , certainly , of Switzerland and West Germany — beech observations , then you could certainly say that the health of beech trees reflected in crown condition must be borne out by observation . ’ |
| 11 | But as we know that MI5 taps telephones and keeps files on people simply to pass on political information to the government , one can assume that Kinnock 's call to Turnbull is not the only piece of politicised telephone tapping that goes on . |
| 12 | I have been told by many other breeders that they have experienced a similar thing in their own kennels and so we can assume that the pecking order is not always maintained through physical strength . |
| 13 | For reasons as yet unexplained , genital warts proliferate markedly during pregnancy , and they can assume gigantic proportions if left untreated . |
| 14 | ‘ And if they 're not in by tomorrow morning — and I mean tomorrow morning — you can assume that we 'll be buying our photocopying paper elsewhere ! ’ |
| 15 | The question is whether grammar ought to be taught as a separate formal study , like harmony or counterpoint , or whether a teacher can assume that it will be picked up through practice . |
| 16 | Perhaps one can assume , therefore , that it is a subject few people know anything about . |
| 17 | This assumption is not required before you can assume that X causes Y , but it is required if you want to know how X is causing Y . |
| 18 | A quite minor act of consideration , given the right timing and circumstance can assume a major significance in the mind of the recipient . |
| 19 | And we can assume , I think , that Fedorov has also been working for them . |
| 20 | We need to ask whether the effects of hypnosis upon human thought processes , on reasoning and memory , are really understood ; whether we can assume that a person under hypnosis truly remembers actual events . |
| 21 | If you were promoted from general secretarial duties to organizing the flow of work through the typing pool you can assume you ‘ have qualities of leadership and organizational skills ’ . |
| 22 | The more successful the new employee is being , the more successful you can assume your interview technique has been . |
| 23 | We can assume that his scepticism extended to his belief in the efficacy of non-violence because he notes that reading Tolstoy influenced him greatly and cured him of his scepticism making him a believer again in ahi sā . |
| 24 | From this you can assume that the A2 works connected up to pretty much anything and for this review that 's how I put it through its paces . |
| 25 | Therefore we can assume that there are 3 minor pentatonic scales all found in the key of G Major : ie. A , B and E minor pentatonics . |
| 26 | Once this has been confirmed , we can assume that the sudden loss of sexual ability has a psychological cause . |
| 27 | Quite hideous to behold , the female gwyllion is closely allied with the goat and can assume this animal 's shape . |
| 28 | We can assume that the Norse invasions of the later ninth and tenth centuries had some influence on the more vulnerable coastal churches , but there was nothing like the disruption which drove many northern bishoprics southwards for over a century . |
| 29 | ‘ All we can assume is he must be very fit for his age . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ All we can assume is he must be very fit for his age . ’ |