Example sentences of "it [be] assumed " in BNC.

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1 Nor can it be assumed that all parts of the biosphere have the same 14 C concentration .
2 For example , let it be assumed that at some time an individual has become entitled to the ownership of some goods , by virtue of an approved process designated ‘ good — .
3 But , as one eminent Scottish judge pointed out in MacCormick v Lord Advocate ( above ) , why should it be assumed that successive reconstituted Parliaments at Westminster have inherited the attribute of ‘ sovereignty ’ peculiar ( and , as is above suggested , perhaps with a limited meaning even then ) to the English Parliament .
4 But even if definitive results were forthcoming , why should it be assumed as self-evident that natural learning is necessarily the most effective ?
5 Nor should it be assumed that siblings who have lived apart , sometimes married , for many years have broken these profound childhood links which shaped their attitudes to each other .
6 Nor should it be assumed that the young teachers of 30 years ago were all aspiring members of the working class .
7 It is not necessarily the case that this will have happened , nor can it be assumed that the document in question belongs to a given domain at all ( it may be some sort of hybrid , or simply too ambiguous to fit neatly in one domain ) .
8 It is not necessarily the case that this will have happened , nor can it be assumed that the data in question fits neatly within a specific domain at all .
9 However , neither should it be assumed that grade mix and skill mix are the same thing .
10 To this extent , of course , a synchronically divergent language state requires the same kind of treatment as a historically divergent state : in neither case can it be assumed that the norms of some ‘ standard ’ variety can be successfully projected on to it .
11 Nor can it be assumed that Eadwine found new allies among the eastern Angles in c .
12 Nor can it be assumed that professional courses always tackle the social aspects : How much do accountants or pharmacists consider the professional client relationship ?
13 Nor should it be assumed that the division of the language items into lexis , structure and discourse function presents students with problems of equal difficulty or me with identical roles in each case .
14 Why , then , should it be assumed that the Holy Spirit was particularly active in professors ?
15 Nor must it be assumed that the whole of the Sahara shared in this climatic amelioration , for , as Gautier says , there are few traces of wadi patterns in the Libyan desert , which , forming the core of the Sahara , was probably less affected .
16 Neither can it be assumed that a wife who is denied sexual autonomy will cease cohabitation .
17 Nor can it be assumed that all its invaders came directly from Scandinavia .
18 If it were assumed , however , that a particular complainant did have an unconscious desire to be raped , could this be relevant to the defendant 's liability ?
19 Bins should be sited as conveniently as possible to the main source of material , it being assumed that it will be carried by wheelbarrow .
20 But as long as the A level system remains , pupils at school will be required severely to limit their choice of subjects , it being assumed that the only way to ensure ‘ standards of excellence , is to go more and more deeply into an ever narrower range of subjects .
21 Even today , when the tottering of a Goldcrest or TESE is taken as a sign that the film industry is going under , it 's assumed that big companies are the key to surviving in the film business , because that 's the way they do things in LA .
22 The words of the Fourth Commandment are uncompromising and it 's assumed that so also are those who believe in keeping the Sabbath .
23 In other academic areas it is assumed that the teacher knows more than the student , and is there to convey this knowledge , whether as a corpus or a skill .
24 Now it is assumed all in a household have an equal share of the total income .
25 It is assumed that he was arrested on suspicion of being an American spy .
26 It is assumed that : Ax = Ay Fx Fy
27 This allows a comparison to be made between markets in countries that are at a different stage in their development , but it is assumed that their development will follow a similar pattern .
28 It is assumed that If Ax\ , Fx\ and Fyz are known , then market demand for product A in country Y in time period 2 can be estimated .
29 We therefore have : 1 ) the malady if it is a malady ; at any rate it is assumed to be a malady by the proponents of incomes policy ; 2 ) a theoretical cause of the malady , which is not disputed ; 3 ) the practical demonstration that this cause has been in operation ; and 4 ) the psychological explanation why that cause is desired , fomented and sustained by Governments .
30 Although it is assumed that birds have not a highly developed sense of taste , both tits and blackbirds , despite any flamboyant coloration to attract them , recognise Sturmers as worthy of attention , and those out of reach , when harder weather prevails , will , as in former winters , attract both fieldfares and winter-visiting blackcaps .
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