Example sentences of "[vb mod] not assume that " in BNC.

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1 On the other hand , Japan must not assume that membership of the IWC means a green light to catch unlimited numbers of whales .
2 We must not assume that any reading of any artwork is in itself permanent or natural .
3 You must not assume that the examiner knows what restitutio in integrum means .
4 Though people expect illness to become more frequent in old age , you should not assume that nothing can be done , but should consult your doctor if you think you have a health problem .
5 It was his own spiritual change which made possible after the poems of the early twenties a more affectionate view of London , but we should not assume that the owner of Down the Silver Stream of Thames had ever been totally blind to the beauty of the city .
6 We should not assume that this means a retreat from the world into a monastery or a desert — not at all .
7 One should not assume that the decisions of working-class families would be substantially affected by new methods of birth control or by new ideas .
8 Though people expect illness to become more frequent in old age , you should not assume that nothing can be done , but should consult your doctor if you think you have a health problem .
9 She will need time to grieve inwardly a little over these losses and gradually come to terms with them in her own way , so you should not assume that any moods of depression or irritability she has in those early months are a reflection on the efforts you are making to help her to feel ‘ at home ’ .
10 When we read , for example , that there was ‘ war in heaven ’ ( Rev 12:7 ) we should not assume that there was some sort of cosmic version of Star Wars , or that the archangel Michael and Lucifer fought it out with spiritual light-sabres .
11 Hence , for example , in the case of the educational system , we should not assume that dominant ideologies about women necessarily give rise to uniform practices in schools and amongst teachers .
12 It may be , however , that the acceptance of dominant values is not as great as it might seem — we should not assume that actors conform because they wish to ( even if these wishes were manipulated ) .
13 But you should not assume that college teachers are all professionally-trained teachers .
14 However , we should not assume that a great deal has not been achieved quite spectacularly in the past few years .
15 We should not assume that because some European countries have regional government the people there want it .
16 When considering their applicability to particular organizations it is necessary to heed Clegg and Dunkerley 's warning that we should not assume that power resources will have equal utility to the members of all organizations in all situations .
17 Again , we should not assume that developments amongst the London Tories , at the level of corporation politics , were typical of developments amongst Tories as a whole .
18 Plaintiffs should not assume that they are entitled to be " whitewashed " by a defendant who has paid them merely nominal damages , and it would be more satisfactory if judges made some enquiries of the parties before they approve statements which are made as matters of public record .
19 — One should not assume that equal opportunities and career development do n't go together
20 You may not assume that you can go anywhere you like — most of the land is privately owned and actively farmed .
21 Tonson did his best , without reprinting the whole from start to finish , correcting every detail , to bring his reading text into line with theatrical fact ; but we need not assume that changes on the stage and on the page were perfectly synchronized .
22 One need not assume that the quality of service is lower —
23 If one big building society can fall foul of the rules , then you can not assume that any lender will get its advertising right .
24 You simply can not assume that because the report has been well received that it will automatically produce action or a decision .
25 We can not assume that what the linguist identifies as significant should correspond with aspects of language to be focused on in the teaching and learning of a language as a school subject .
26 Just because Ms Average is a cooperative rather than competitive speaker , we can not assume that Jane Smith who is sitting in front of you will not deliver the goods .
27 Whilst agreeing in part but disagreeing substantially with the assumptions of Ludmer , I felt — and still feel — that the attraction of sport for black kids is a little more complex and that any full understanding can not assume that sport constitutes an area freed of racialism , or that black youths are attracted to it simply because they see it as such .
28 Thus if we have a whole W , made up of parts X and Y then we can not assume that the value of W is the value of X added to the value of Y , for W may be an organic unity .
29 Whatever claims for the English language he may wish to make from a supposedly technical , linguistic perspective , he can not assume that attributing ‘ objectivity ’ to it is unproblematic , or that the meaning attributed to it within that sub-culture can safely be carried over into cross-cultural correlations with the features of certain languages and grammars .
30 But one can not assume that an everyday ‘ coherent ’ sense of self is readily available .
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