Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adv] [adv] assume that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not enough to assume that all that has happened is that we no longer believe in hell , and that mutes , carrying black ostrich plumes , are out of favour . |
| 2 | It is not therefore assumed that people have a' consciousness ' ( false or otherwise ) or a system or knowledge about the outside world , but only that they have a more or less adequate collection of competences in dealing with particular instances of it . |
| 3 | It is also normally assumed that there is a perfectly competitive market structure and no potential to reap economies of scale . |
| 4 | It is too often assumed that if a law is not designed to protect one man from another its only rationale can be that it is designed to punish moral wickedness , or in Lord Devlin 's words ‘ to enforce a moral principle ’ . |
| 5 | Although it is still popularly assumed that men are more prone to fall prey to the ravages of ‘ burnout ’ due to overwork and unhealthy lifestyle , all the evidence now points to women , especially aged between 35 and 50 , as today 's prime targets of stress . |
| 6 | It is perhaps implicitly assumed that each franchise chain has little market power . |
| 7 | Despite Cuvier 's warnings , it was still widely assumed that the vertebrates are collectively more advanced than any invertebrate type . |