Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] assumed that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The industry has always assumed that the birds recover quickly , but research by Dr Michael Gentle , of Edinburgh 's Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research , has shown that the animals experience chronic pain for weeks or months afterwards . |
| 2 | I had foolishly assumed that the opportunity would be taken to eliminate a particularly hazardous S-bend and install a roundabout in its place thus easing the flow of the many cars , buses and lorries which use the road . |
| 3 | I had just assumed that the only possible commentary game was West Ham vs Us. 8thvs9th or 2ndvs10 ? ? |
| 4 | In her fantasies Phoebe had somehow assumed that the mammogram would be visible . |
| 5 | ‘ We 've always assumed that the country has enough water but the shortages of the last three or four years have shown this is not the case , ’ said Dr Neil Johnston , author of the report . |
| 6 | He had naively assumed that the Concorde ticket he had seen on her desk had been one she had gone out and bought in order to join him in New York . |
| 7 | He had therefore assumed that the preparation of a European plan would be broadly similar to the planning practices normally followed in the United States . |
| 8 | I have always assumed that the other side of the gate is private property and that somewhere deep within the woodland is a cottage . |