Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] be assumed that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although owning a car is common today , it must not be assumed that all nurses can provide their own transport . |
| 2 | In addition , it should not be assumed that long-term trends in income distribution continue forever : there is evidence that recent years have seen significant changes in these trends in Britain . |
| 3 | It should not be assumed that such an argument was merely a cloak for self-interest and greed . |
| 4 | Thus it should not be assumed that older patients with ulcerative colitis have weaker sphincters than younger patients . |
| 5 | The defection of southern Democrats was essential , but it should not be assumed that this came about automatically , As Stockman makes clear , a whole series of ad hoc coalitions involving many unreliable allies had to be painstakingly constructed . |
| 6 | However , it should not be assumed that these low-cost alternatives can not deliver the same , sometimes better , results when used in conjunction with other software . |
| 7 | It might plausibly be assumed that one of the effects of a long retention interval is to restore the lost arousing properties of a familiar context . |
| 8 | Furthermore it can not be assumed that all RDS information will be received accurately at all times . |
| 9 | Besides , the causes of some 60% of birth defects have yet to be discovered : it can not be assumed that all of them travel down only the female line . |
| 10 | However , it can not be assumed that all managers will consider the role of personality when they make decisions . |
| 11 | But it can not be assumed that these developments have in fact led to equality within the sexual sphere of marriage . |
| 12 | Most important , given that a rogue GMO in the environment might continue to reproduce and spread , it can not be assumed that any system of regulation can adequately guard against an environmental catastrophe . |
| 13 | While the benefits of faster growth may spread throughout the EC , it can not be assumed that this will occur in a balanced manner . |
| 14 | Since any comprehensive peace implies a reduction of influence by , and local dependency on , the superpowers , it can not be assumed that either superpower has a strong interest in a genuine peace , unless it is able to derive greater advantage from peace than it can from continued conflict . |