Example sentences of "assumed a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Typically , the sterling area was assumed a ‘ good thing ’ , the justification of which needed only to be made to foreigners ( especially Americans ) . |
| 2 | However , during the Eighties Irish provincial rugby has assumed a Third World status in relation to New Zealand 's . |
| 3 | The five-country meeting at San Jose has assumed a critical atmosphere because of the possible breakdown of last August 's Tela accord , which agreed contra demobilisation in exchange for democratic Nicaraguan elections . |
| 4 | If Three Mile Island and , above all , Chernobyl , had not happened , the image of civil nuclear power would ( or should ) have assumed a more friendly warmth as the superpowers ' diminishing stocks of warheads dwindled towards a largely symbolic status . |
| 5 | Highlander was thus free to devote time to other issues which had assumed a growing need . |
| 6 | On the part-time farm the woman often assumed a crucial role , having to cope on her own for most of the day . |
| 7 | For the first time in classical antiquity the nuclear family had assumed a central role in the politics of state . |
| 8 | When a specific pathogenic organism is implicated , such as the gonococcus , there can be assumed a natural cause-and-effect , and the presence of pus-cells is easily explained . |
| 9 | It would have assumed a place similar to that of the forerunners of the churches and chapels of historic times . |
| 10 | Rather , as the programme reminds you , it has assumed a fresh topicality by the appointment of Stella Rimington as the first female head of MI5 . |
| 11 | His thin face had recently assumed a look of severity and responsibility . |
| 12 | I had been a thing of firm , clear outlines ; now I seemed to splay out in all directions and to have assumed a shape , thanks to undue accretions of flesh , which bore no relation to the person I believed to exist within it . |
| 13 | With the current emphasis on the ‘ free market ’ and recent experiences with deregulation of mass media , this question has assumed a new urgency . |
| 14 | Joseph Sturge , who had assumed a leading part in the fight against apprenticeship , anticipated triumphs on a broader imperial and international scale which would confirm Britain 's moral leadership in the world . |
| 15 | Because I retained a few French words and phrases and could make myself understood in his language he had assumed a much wider knowledge than I possessed . |
| 16 | It is lavishly illustrated and presented and has assumed a pre-eminent position in its field . |
| 17 | One of the reasons why the purchasing power parity theorem has not worked so well over short periods is that the influence on currencies of current account flows has diminished , while capital account transactions have assumed a greater role . |
| 18 | One reason is that current account flows no longer dominate the supply of and demand for currencies , and that capital transactions have assumed a greater relative importance . |
| 19 | In this example we have assumed a character size of 6 bits . |
| 20 | Can you identify features which you have assumed a receiver of your description will assume to be present by default ( i.e. features of the building which do not diverge from what you presume to be shared between your ‘ building schema ’ and a potential receiver 's ) ? |
| 21 | Thus , although incoming variants of both vowels appear to have originated in the same hinterland Scots dialect , each has assumed a diametrically opposed social value in its new urban setting . |
| 22 | Having assumed a number of basic requirements for the survival of society , the next step is to look at the parts of the social structure to see how they meet such functional prerequisites . |
| 23 | The creditor should not be taken in so doing to have assumed a duty of care . |
| 24 | On the other hand , if an explanation is given , the creditor may be taken to have assumed a duty of care and to be at risk of liability in damages if the explanation is subsequently held to be inadequate . |
| 25 | The creditor should not , in my opinion , be taken in so doing to have assumed a duty of care . |
| 26 | But if there is no more than that the creditor , in an attempt to satisfy itself that the surety properly understands the proposed transaction and that the transaction will not subsequently be impeachable , offers an explanation of the transaction and of the security document , I do not think that the creditor should be taken to have assumed a tortious duty of care . |
| 27 | One of these defendants has assumed a completely false name and occupation , and it is the jury 's task to decide which . |
| 28 | In both cases coalition governments were established in which communists swiftly assumed a dominant position . |
| 29 | At his baptism , then , Jesus publicly assumed a double role : the role of the Messianic Son , and the role of the Suffering Servant . |
| 30 | Six months later he was assumed a partner in T. & A. Constable , Thistle Street , Edinburgh . |