Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] assume that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simple denial — We see the tramps and drop-outs and may wrongly assume that they are necessarily addicted to alcohol or drugs . |
| 2 | On the other hand , Japan must not assume that membership of the IWC means a green light to catch unlimited numbers of whales . |
| 3 | We must not assume that any reading of any artwork is in itself permanent or natural . |
| 4 | You must not assume that the examiner knows what restitutio in integrum means . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We should not assume that this means a retreat from the world into a monastery or a desert — not at all . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | But you should not assume that college teachers are all professionally-trained teachers . |
| 15 | However , we should not assume that a great deal has not been achieved quite spectacularly in the past few years . |
| 16 | We should not assume that because some European countries have regional government the people there want it . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | — One should not assume that equal opportunities and career development do n't go together |
| 21 | Er I think we should also assume that the regional er budgetholders will not make a contribution to any costs we might incur cos I do n't think any budget they 'll have will be intended to cater for er you know , paying people 's wages for them getting unpaid time off . |
| 22 | Services should n't assume that because relatives cope silently they want to go on doing so for ever . |
| 23 | Choreographers should never assume that all in the audience have sufficient knowledge of the subject , theme and ideas which are possibly understood only by an exclusive coterie of friends . |
| 24 | You should never assume that because they are the world 's greatest experts on retail warehousing that the job can be left entirely to them . |
| 25 | Perhaps the most important point to make is that , as part of affirmatively assessing elders , we should never assume that unconscious processes are less important or less worthy of exploration than they are in other people . |
| 26 | One must never assume that an elder who can not discuss personal desires does not need an environment in which such desires can crystallize and find expression . |
| 27 | You may not assume that you can go anywhere you like — most of the land is privately owned and actively farmed . |
| 28 | We may generously assume that Hippel did not really believe what he said , but was merely putting a rhetorical flourish on a widely-accepted piece of wisdom . |
| 29 | Let's just assume that we 've hit that , erm that would have been |
| 30 | I suggested a second or so ago that the ordinary reader , unsure of what to make of the shifting realities of Joyce 's writing , might defensively assume that no such hesitations would trouble the experienced reader , but that is far from being a homogeneous class . |