Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] are assumed to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Decrements at high levels are assumed to be the result of the impairment to short memory . |
| 2 | The reason a bat is a particularly telling example for a philosopher , however , is that the experiences of an echolocating bat are assumed to be peculiarly alien and different from our own . |
| 3 | Sections 3.6–3.16 are concerned with magnetostatics , where electric fields are assumed to be zero and the interrelationship of J , H , and B are studied . |
| 4 | Height and good posture are assumed to be ‘ good ’ signs for people motivated to succeed in work organizations . |
| 5 | The construction is , of course , that of the ordinary attributive adjective , the adjective which is the exponent in observable syntax of the subordinate property in the intensional structure : The essentials of the notation , for any who have taken the option of arriving at this point direct from the beginning of Section 1.2 , are as follows : The basic elements in constructing linguistic expressions are assumed to be two : E = entity notion ; and P = property notion The basic relations have these symbols : = = equation ; = qualification = assignment The direction of the arrow and the arrowhead indicates which is the major and which the subordinate item in the formula ; it does not refer to order of appearance in surface form . |
| 6 | If colonic polyps are assumed to be asymptomatic the sensitivity of colonic symptoms predicting non-polypoid lesions rose to 69% ( 95% confidence interval 44–94% ) . |
| 7 | Wealth-producing assets are assumed to be infinitely divisible and taxes and transactions costs are both zero . |
| 8 | If economic agents are assumed to be rational optimizers when forming expectations , why should they not also be rational optimizers when drawing up contracts ? |