Example sentences of "[adv] assume that the [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | You say , ‘ we will naturally assume that the party is travelling together ’ . |
| 2 | Where hedging of bets ( ‘ ambiguity ’ ) is not just feasible but desirable , we can only assume that the problem is not cancer , but hypochondria . |
| 3 | I can only assume that the words were left out because an assurance ’ vigorously ’ to continue ’ fighting crime ’ would have raised only a horse laugh when offered by a Government with a record of this Government on this subject . |
| 4 | The above.discussion rather assumes that the Parliament is a permanent , enduring feature of our constitution . |
| 5 | The way of obtaining C outlined above does not assume that the Moon is in hydrostatic equilibrium , which is just as well because it is not . |
| 6 | The bend tests describes above assume that the beam is freely supported , that is , not clamped anywhere . |
| 7 | I did n't ask why , just assumed that the baby was presenting the wrong way . |
| 8 | Let us further assume that the shares were and are worth only £50,000 . |
| 9 | Assuming there is a transfer of value and consequently a reduction in the value of the estate of Mr X which does not arise from the disposal of excluded property , and further assuming that the transfer is not an exempt transfer , one is left with a chargeable transfer on which inheritance tax is payable starting at nil per cent ( the nil rate band ) and 40 per cent . |
| 10 | But no general account of methodology can reasonably assume that the investigator is a native speaker or has native speaker-like intuitions , and for an outsider at least identification involves finding evidence that a linguistic unit varies in a systematic way between speakers , or between different speech styles of a single speaker . |
| 11 | For practical applications , we also assume that the graph is connected , and that V is nonempty . |
| 12 | ‘ So you jumped to the conclusion that the two episodes were connected and instantly assumed that the villain was me ! ’ |
| 13 | It is also assumed that the reader is familiar with relational database technology and the concepts and terminology therein . |
| 14 | It is an area where a woman may gain control over a man , for while he gaily assumes that the present is spontaneous , and the future an open book , she is quietly mapping out the course of future events and by the time he wakes up to this fact it is too late to do much about it . |
| 15 | We have so far assumed that the micro-instructions are held in a read-only control store , although we have considered the possibility of interchangeable plug-in control stores . |
| 16 | Although there was no confirmation last night , it was being widely assumed that the explosives were Semtex and the discovery part of a pattern of similar finds and explosions in an IRA mainland campaign that has continued for more than a year . |
| 17 | Despite Cuvier 's warnings , it was still widely assumed that the vertebrates are collectively more advanced than any invertebrate type . |
| 18 | If you take something like The Hit Man and Her , presumably a lot of the viewers are in fact women , or more specifically young women , because they are the ones who buy Smash Hits , they are the ones who watch Top of the Pops ; yet the presenter , Pete Waterman , implicitly assumes that the viewers are male — he greeted the audience at the beginning of one programme with ‘ Cor , boys , have we got a load of crumpet here tonight ! ’ |
| 19 | This generally has something to do with the actual failure , but it is possible that the fault is not accurately reflected in this message , so do n't assume that the problem is pin-pointed precisely every time by these messages . |
| 20 | It simply assumes that the past is of consuming interest , and through its richness and rareness of reference , and the elegance with which it is written , makes it so . |
| 21 | It is frequently assumed that the Specification is a device designed to enable the pursuer to make life difficult for the insured , the insurer and the solicitor for both . |
| 22 | This body of evidence is not strong , for Adam was capable of error and there may have been other reasons why the Maldon army had a Northumbrian hostage ( even assuming that the poem is reliable ) and Æthelred a Northumbrian wife , quite unconnected with the absence of Second Hand dies from northern mints . |
| 23 | I think we can safely assume that the statuette was washed and wiped clean after the event . ’ |
| 24 | Never assume that the glider is undamaged . |