Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [be] [adv] assume " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glanville Jones ' ideas were based initially on studies of medieval Wales , where it was formerly assumed that a dispersed settlement pattern of pastoral farms had been the norm . |
| 2 | Recall that we are temporarily assuming that irreducibles and primes are one and the same thing in Z. |
| 3 | Although it is generally assumed that the free movement of persons within the European Community will increase the impact of ‘ international crime ’ on the internal security problems of the Member States and that more intensive and more effective law enforcement co-operation will be required , there is uncertainty about how better co-ordination can be achieved . |
| 4 | It is apparent from these factors that , although it is sometimes assumed ( by drawing on the basis of US experience , for instance ) that the main driving-force behind the establishment and growth of employers ' associations is related to market or ‘ economic ’ factors , wider international evidence suggests that a more eclectic explanation is required . |
| 5 | Although it is commonly assumed that these tests reflect compliance with the diatary treatment , this has never really been proved for ingestion of small amounts of gluten . |
| 6 | Although it is often assumed that these were one and the same battle , there is no evidence that Clovis fought at Zülpich , and it is possible that they were separate events . |
| 7 | First , although it was always assumed that many from the older urban cores would be rehoused in the new towns , early evidence ( Heraud , 1966 ) shows that it tended to be the better-housed suburbanites who moved , few from the inner cities even knowing of the programme . |
| 8 | Although it was always assumed that the Urban Programme would aim to initiate innovative projects , there must be some doubt whether this has always happened . |
| 9 | Furthermore mutual antagonism between France and Germany was so great that it was commonly assumed that only Britain could act as an ‘ honest broker ’ to draw them together . |
| 10 | er we learnt from America that er a lot of birds that have been caught by cats , die , and everybody 's always assumed it 's shock but the Americans were doing some tests and they found it 's septicaemia from the cat 's teeth . |
| 11 | The household is often treated as a unit of consumption , and it is frequently assumed that all members of a household have equal access to its resources . |
| 12 | Rape is only held to have been committed in English law where the sexual intercourse is ‘ unlawful ’ , and it is generally assumed that the function of that term is to remove non-consensual intercourse between a man and his wife from the ambit of rape . |
| 13 | On the other hand the EEC Nine produces only 64% of its consumption of sheep meat and it is generally assumed that the UK with approximately 25% of the EEC sheep flock and as the leading producer of 50% of Community production is well placed to reap some advantage which could be of benefit to the hills and upland areas . |
| 14 | Lampreys and hagfishes lack a differentiated stomach , and it is generally assumed that all agnathans were similarly microphagous with no need for a stomach . |
| 15 | Myths abound in the heroin community as to the meaning of ‘ notification ’ and ‘ registration ’ and it is generally assumed that all ‘ official ’ agencies are in league with one another . |
| 16 | The sense of urgency conveyed by the ‘ Look out ’ indicates the expectation that the pram , complete with baby , will fall over the cliff and perhaps be dashed on the rocks beneath and it is further assumed that this will be-deleterious for the baby . |
| 17 | A long tradition associates the organ with Christian worship and it is commonly assumed that every church has one . |
| 18 | Part of the misconception arose because the bones of early humans have often been found with bones of other animals , and it was simplistically assumed that this showed that they had killed and eaten other animals , and had later died amid the remains of previous meals . |
| 19 | The ATB records indicated that as much as 70% of all training was undertaken during the winter and it was therefore assumed that winter was the most suitable season for training . |
| 20 | Well , I was always going to be an artist and it was always assumed that I would leave South Africa and go to somewhere like Italy and study at an art school . |
| 21 | If it is now assumed that the coefficients on and in the unemployment equation are different , so that we are not assuming structural neutrality , we can rewrite the unemployment equation as : |
| 22 | If it is always assumed that they are intellectually inferior , what else is there for them to do … every time teachers are constantly amazed by the fact that in the first year they have at the moment there are two or three really bright West Indian boys , and it 's of constant amazement to people like Mr G … ‘ my goodness he 's bright where does he get it from ’ . |
| 23 | ( Some 15 other states where the Moral Majority are by no means the silent majority , had hoped to pass similar laws , but it is now assumed that the case will go to appeal and eventually reach the Supreme Court ) . |
| 24 | But it is often assumed that so doing is to be following in the footsteps of Marx , when he gave his example of luxury goods production , basing himself on the premise that the sub-department lib produced only goods for capitalist consumption . |
| 25 | Wingti 's position was improved by the defection to his government of a further six MPs , but it was widely assumed that some of those not rewarded with Cabinet office were unlikely to remain permanently within the government coalition . |
| 26 | The corporation cited planning and zoning regulations for refusing these applications but it was generally assumed that the real reason was that the new houses would have been built in Unionist-controlled wards but would have been inhabited by Catholics . |
| 27 | ‘ This list of rare plants in Durham turned up in various correspondences , but it was always assumed that it was Stephen Robson 's list , ’ says Alec . |
| 28 | The first is problematic in the light of the theory that living organisms ‘ see ’ with their eyes ; the second was problematic for the supporters of Galileo 's theories because it clashed with the ‘ force of a vacuum ’ theory accepted by them as an explanation of why the mercury does not fall from a barometer tube ; the third was problematic for Roentgen because it was tacitly assumed at the time that no radiation or emanation of any kind existed that could penetrate the container of the photographic plates and darken them ; the fourth was problematic because it was incompatible with Newton 's theory . |
| 29 | Animal Painting in Britain was the title of a book by Basil Taylor , where he explained in his first chapter that the topic had been neglected since it was either assumed to be about sporting pictures , or about pictures of horses by such specialists as Sartorius . |