Example sentences of "[modal v] assume that the [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I shall not rise to the inevitable sexism which comes from the Government front bench , ’ replied Ms Armstrong , and since not even today 's siren Labour party can consider the word ‘ silly ’ to be sexist we must assume that the objection is to being described as a woman . |
| 2 | Erm if we 've got erm er a couple say age sixty , and they 've got their personal allowances er as , as usual , er let's assume that the male 's retired and he 's getting an income of five thousand two hundred , let's just suppose . |
| 3 | Now let's assume that the grass is a little thicker and the putter looks an unsuitable club . |
| 4 | We may assume that the caution was in the following terms : ‘ You do not have to say anything unless you wish to do so , but what you say may be given in evidence . ’ |
| 5 | The scholar may assume that the consensus is the same as his or her own idea of crime . |
| 6 | Parents may have opted for the test , however , and , hearing nothing more , might assume that the result was normal . |
| 7 | Such a course would operate for one week full-time ( half module ) , it would assume that the students are fully conversant with the principles of word processing and have the computer skills ( i.e. , disc and file handling , security , etc. ) needed to operate a personal computer effectively . |
| 8 | Diploma-level skills-based education — Here the course would be longer-term ( say twelve modules ) and would assume that the students were either direct from secondary education or retraining from another discipline . |
| 9 | For purposes of exposition we shall assume that the surplus-value is divided equally between accumulation and unproductive consumption . |
| 10 | We will assume that the date is 1 April . |