Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] assume that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In considering whether at this stage it is possible to say that the answer to this question must be ‘ nothing ’ I must assume that the third defendant will be found guilty of conspiracy or fraud as alleged by the plaintiffs and also that the third party will be found to be negligent as regards the plaintiffs in the respects mentioned in the third party notice . |
| 2 | I would assume that the mysterious Mr Andropulos has friends in the government . ’ |
| 3 | I shall assume that the zoological species Homo sapiens is indeed a unity in the sense that in the hypothetical absence of all cultural restraints interbreeding between the members of any randomly selected human population of randomly selected individuals would be random , just as it would be in a randomly selected pack of mongrel dogs provided always that particular individual dogs were prevented from asserting dominance over their neighbours . |
| 4 | If a receiving office makes use of a referral from an originating office then one should assume that the originating office will take his fee from his client and the receiving office should seek to take a fee , either finders fee or fee for professional assistance , from his client or contact . |
| 5 | We must assume that the young child 's acquisition of language comes about in the context of expanding experience , of expanding possible interpretations of forms like here and now in different contexts of situation , contexts which come to be recognised , and stored as types . |
| 6 | For example , since all mammals have a cerebral cortex we must assume that the ancestral form also had one . |
| 7 | Surely we must assume that the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , had the common sense to warn his colleagues in the Cabinet that the fuel tax would be a suicide note for the remaining Tory MPs in Scotland ? |
| 8 | We shall assume that the syntactic positions for adjectives in English are as below ; we give first the intensional pattern of which each is the surface exponent , as well as an example for each , and also an instance which is ungrammatical and where we shall later be able to suggest reasons for the ungrammaticality ; in each case we shall underline in the intensional pattern the property which is instantiated by the adjective , merely for clarification and not as an integral part of the notation : [ P E ] prenominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : adjective + noun as in hungry passengers ; but note that *asleep kittens is ungrammatical { [ E ] ( P ) } ordinary predicative position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + be + adjective as in the critics were upset ; but note that her husband was mere is ungrammatical [ E P ] postnominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + adjective as in the crimes alleged ; but note that the road wide is ungrammatical ( ( P E ) P ) predicate qualifying position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + noun phrase + adjective as in he brought his gun loaded ; but note that she uses her mixer lightweight is ungrammatical [ E ( P P ) ] postverbal position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + adjective as in the crowd remained angry ; but note that his brother resisted obstinate is ungrammatical ( ( P P ) E ) adverbal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : verb + noun phrase + adjective as in Ali rubbed the lamp clean ; but note that Mark resembles the officer sinister is ungrammatical ( P { E P } ) clausal position = surface syntactic sequence : verb + noun phrase ( + be ) + adjective as in he considers the prosecution case hopeless but note that Sue reported the prizes aplenty is ungrammatical { E P } P extraclausal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : adjective + clause as in furious , the king ordered many arrests but note that furious , the king had three wives is ungrammatical As we have said , these are the adjectival positions of English ( and possibly of any natural human language ) . |
| 9 | For the purposes of our policy discussion in Chapter 7 , we shall assume that the long-run inflation-unemployment curve also has a negative slope , but is steeper than the short-run curve . |
| 10 | We shall assume that the two kinds of particles have equal densities and move in opposite directions . |
| 11 | We shall assume that the other variable overheads [ £l0,000 - £ 3,000 ] £7,000 are relevant . |
| 12 | In what follows , we shall assume that the aggregate demand for labour is inversely related to the real wage and directly related to the rate of national income . |
| 13 | First we shall assume that the current density is confined to a thin wire in which case the integration variable may be changed |
| 14 | To start with , we shall assume that the same sample of subjects is observed at times T ; and T 2 . |
| 15 | We will assume that the correct phoneme label is in there somewhere ; 100% recognition is achieved in that sense . |
| 16 | However , in the chapters that follow we will assume that the ultimate aim of a translator , in most cases , is to achieve a measure of equivalence at text level , rather than at word or phrase level . |
| 17 | Although we will assume that the same mental lexicon is used whether we are reading , writing , spelling , speaking or understanding speech , we will introduce several complications . |
| 18 | Mr Grayson replied : ‘ If we can assume that the same degree of care is taken in all countries showing — and I think it is true , certainly , of Switzerland and West Germany — beech observations , then you could certainly say that the health of beech trees reflected in crown condition must be borne out by observation . ’ |
| 19 | Once this has been confirmed , we can assume that the sudden loss of sexual ability has a psychological cause . |
| 20 | If n is sufficiently large that 1 is a small increment , we can assume that the marginal firm is exactly breaking even : where is determined from the demand curve |