Example sentences of "it assume that " in BNC.
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| 1 | So rosy was the CEGB 's picture of these costs during the 1960s that it assumed that the charges for reprocessing would be covered by the value of the recovered uranium and plutonium . |
| 2 | Opposite to Street 's display in the exhibition was an even grander show which The Saturday Review thought was the product of another ‘ master hand ’ and , as it assumed that the building would be Gothic , to avoid failure the Government should employ the two architects jointly . |
| 3 | It assumed that models of rehabilitation valuing people through work , which had been established at such hospitals at Netherne , could be applied for an indefinite period with all patients being potential benefactors . |
| 4 | In any event the ‘ Far East ’ solution depended , with rather specious simplicity , on the ability to separate communist sheep from nationalist goats and even though the distinction was recognized as the sine qua non of a solution , it assumed that those who would not support genuine independence , once it was granted by the French , would identify themselves as communists : and would thereby distinguish themselves from the rest of the ‘ nationalist elements ’ who comprised the major part of the resistance forces . |
| 5 | It was the second Unionist lever against Home Rule that helped to involve the King , for it assumed that Home Rule would become law , would be repudiated in Ulster , and that then the army would refuse to enforce it . |
| 6 | It assumed that pursuit of that goal is conducive to the maximisation of wealth overall : profit maximisation leads to the most efficient use of scarce resources and the greatest satisfaction of human wants . |
| 7 | Lasswells model was speedily recognised to be flawed — it assumed that the communicator had the intention of influencing the receiver and made no allowance for a feedback element in the communication process — but it provided a new method for the study of communication and was the stimulus for further analysis . |
| 8 | It assumed that 27 vehicles had been involved , closing both carriageways . |
| 9 | In sinking air even this would not be enough to allow for much choice and , of course , it assumes that the descent will be made over open countryside and not amongst hills or moorland . |
| 10 | It assumes that a single factor can be found that correlates closely with demand . |
| 11 | It assumes that the countries ' markets are analogous . |
| 12 | It assumes that the interests of workers are national , rather than class interests , which may not always be best for the workers , as a class . |
| 13 | The minimalist interpretation is too weak since it assumes that people are never bound by authority regarding issues on which they have firm views . |
| 14 | Stated in these simple terms , the anti-cruelty position 's most obvious weakness is that it assumes that we already know that trapping wild animals is justified , if only it is done ‘ as humanely as possible ’ . |
| 15 | The theory seems to have a middle class bias in that it assumes that all criminal and rule-breakers accept and cherish middle-class goals , but many delinquent activities do not appear to be aiming for material gains . |
| 16 | It assumes that an easy consensus can be achieved about the nature of the problem and its resolution , when this is rarely the case . |
| 17 | It assumes that it is always possible to develop yourself , not just your outward behaviour but also your inner thought processes and feelings . |
| 18 | It assumes that you need to organize it for yourself rather than expecting other people to be responsible for your development . |
| 19 | Finally , it assumes that self development needs to be done deliberately rather than left to chance . |
| 20 | That is , it assumes that the London-to-Penzance train will carry the same number of passengers all the way from London to Penzance . |
| 21 | As usually applied , however , game theory has an outstanding limitation ; it assumes that all the players see the same game , yet , in many real-world conflicts , this seems far from true . |
| 22 | It assumes that bills of quantities are unnecessary , that fluctuations in prices need not be allowed for , and that the nomination of subcontractors is not required . |
| 23 | It assumes that the UK organisation is registered to recover VAT . |
| 24 | It assumes that the average household 's basket of goods consists of an equal number of units of each item . |
| 25 | It is dependent on the stability of existing states of affairs since it assumes that future situations will be predictable replicas of those in the past . |
| 26 | ‘ it assumes that it is possible by ‘ running ’ to escape from one 's culture . |
| 27 | ‘ it assumes that since Satan is able to use culture to his ends , all of culture is evil . |
| 28 | As a counter to this strongly argued view , it is worth mentioning that it assumes that ‘ biggest is best ’ and that the potential benefits of synergy will actually accrue . |
| 29 | This is not a useful approach , because it assumes that all forms of intelligence are of the same qualitative type . |
| 30 | And because it assumes that gender differences are biologically or culturally fixed , it is especially likely to neglect psychological or social differences between women , to take female subjectivity as defining feminism , and to treat psychology as a form of social action in itself . |