Example sentences of "[noun] it is [adv] assumed " in BNC.

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1 In a commercial or industrial setting it is often assumed that organisations try to maximise profits as their main goal .
2 for approximate computational purposes it is normally assumed in the western world that a full working year is no more than 200 man-days .
3 In theory it is typically assumed that we are concerned with the distribution of taxes and benefits among individuals according to their ability to pay ( the normative basis for this is not discussed here — see Lecture 11 ) ; in empirical work , this is typically taken to mean measured money income .
4 Someone must plough the fields or milk the cows , but much of this endeavour takes place hidden from public view and when a tractor is glimpsed across a field it is often assumed that it is a farmer who is in the cab .
5 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 .
6 The subjective estimate could be based on pure hunch and guesswork at the end of period t - 1 , but in order to introduce a degree of empirical testability into the model it is normally assumed that is arrived at by some policy rule which includes on the right-hand side only those variables whose magnitudes are known at the end of the period t - 1 .
7 The term substantial steps is used because prior to that stage it is generally assumed that there is nothing for the offeror to disclose publicly .
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