Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [adj] to assume " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the milk yield of the experimental group varies , and the variation is linked to water intake , the experimenter is entitled to assume that there is a causal link between milk yield and water intake , since there is no other difference between the two groups . |
| 2 | I think that the hon. Lady is unwise to assume that Scotland will react as she proposes , but in any event , were that unlikely event to occur , Scotland would have to reapply for membership of the European Community . |
| 3 | In the event that no person acceptable to Council is willing to assume the headship on any occasion , either the Coulson or the Dr Lee 's Professor will be required to assume it . |
| 4 | Crown counsel did not make any offer of the statements and in the circumstances the learned trial judge was entitled to assume that there were no discrepancies or inconsistencies therein and to refuse to order production of the statements . |
| 5 | Also the purchaser is likely to assume responsibility for past liabilities through the assignment or novation of contracts ( see Chapter 4 ) , subject to an appropriate indemnity from the vendor . |
| 6 | Representing a reaction against the wish-dreams of the initial stage , realism is liable to assume a critical and somewhat cynical aspect … it places its emphasis on the acceptance of facts and on the analysis of their causes and consequences . |
| 7 | It was previously thought that severance , where no shares are agreed , operated to create a tenancy in common in equal shares ( see Megarry and Wade , Real Property 5th edn , Stevens , 1984 , p430 and R v Porter [ 1990 ] 1 WLR 1260 where the Court of Appeal held that in a joint venture , in the absence of any evidence , the Court was entitled to assume equal sharing ) . |
| 8 | Another effect was that it engineered a prevailing mood of despair about the quality of urban and industrial life which in turn bred a determination to rebuild and sweep away the past when the time came — which it did , in the 1940s when town planning was able to assume the mantle of the new provider . |
| 9 | In future economic efficiency was likely to assume as much importance as the technical side . |
| 10 | To calculate its fictional arm 's length profits , a firm is supposed to assume it pays the same price ( the ‘ transfer price ’ ) for those imported bits that it would have done were it buying them from an unrelated company . |
| 11 | In 1829 the Catholic Emancipation Act was passed , but the new earl was reluctant to assume the active political life that was now open to him . |
| 12 | President Truman approved the extension of uninterrupted economic assistance to the ROK : this would continue under the aegis of the Department of the Army until the Administrator of Economic Cooperation was ready to assume responsibility . |
| 13 | The creditor was entitled to assume that the advice contained in the letters would be received by each of them . |