Example sentences of "[be] [adv] assumed that [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As her mother 's name was the same as her own , it has been mistakenly assumed that Mrs Coade , the mother , ran the factory until her death in 1796 , but ‘ Mrs ’ was a courtesy title for any unmarried woman in business at that time , and bills show that Miss Coade was in charge from 1771 . |
| 2 | It is generally assumed that ASL is historically linked to the French Sign Language of the early 19th century , researchers seeing evidence of cognate signs in French Sign Language and ASL ( fig. 8.1 ) . |
| 3 | It is often assumed that Wordsworth himself was responsible for the fame of the area as a holiday centre , but this is only partly true . |
| 4 | It is often assumed that Foucault is simply the philosopher of discontinuity , merely substituting it where previously there had been continuity ; but the discontinuous is emphasized only because so much stress is normally placed on the continuous . |
| 5 | To compare the two speeches , it is immediately assumed that Antony 's is the better because it has put a cover over everything Brutus had said . |
| 6 | It was widely assumed that China , with her vast size and resources , would be the victor , and that the status quo in East Asia would remain unchanged . |
| 7 | IT was widely assumed that Sir Lawrie Barratt was working for nothing when he re-took the reins of his housebuilding empire last summer . |
| 8 | When the Liberals returned to power in 1892 , it was generally assumed that Ellis would receive government office . |
| 9 | It was generally assumed that Chamberlain would prefer to sacrifice imperial interests in a compromise with Hitler , than to join the USSR in an anti-fascist alliance . |
| 10 | It was originally assumed that UDG could create jobs at around £5,000 per post . |
| 11 | It was immediately assumed that Robson , who had missed England 's 0-0 draw in Sweden last month because of bruised ribs , would again be absent when his country strove to acquire the further point they need in Poland to ensure qualification for the World Cup finals next summer . |