Example sentences of "[pers pn] assume [conj] [art] [noun sg] be " in BNC.

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1 My attackers had scattered and I assumed that a teacher was approaching along the corridor .
2 I assumed that a crome was C R O M E , and I still do !
3 I assume that the Minister is aware that 750,000 tonnes of CFCs are used in the world every year and that that has resulted in an ozone layer hole as large as Alaska .
4 you 've got an order form closed , right you 've got a sumter closed , where you assume that the customer 's buying cos he 's been giving you buying signals , you 're hoping
5 It is actually easier to do the calculation if instead of individual turns we assume that the current is continuously distributed on the surface of the cylinder , and work in terms of
6 If that child gets higher marks this year than last , then we assume that the examination was ‘ easier ’ , and we remove some of the questions that nearly all children found easy , before next year 's examination .
7 Janet Kear writes — in Wildfowl World , No 84 — ‘ We assume that the peregrine is ‘ programmed ’ not to hunt near its nest ( if it did it might feed on its own young ) and that this immunity extends to the goose and its goslings . ’
8 We assume that the node is in the second form , so its threshold is 0 .
9 We assume that the store is randomly accessible ; that is , the time taken to access a store location in order to store or retrieve information is constant and ( in particular ) is independent of the particular location being accessed and of the location previously accessed .
10 No reply came , and he assumed that the minister was of the same cold fashion as his wife .
11 Let us assume that a stock is selling at $50 , with undisclosed good news which will ultimately cause the stock to sell for $60 , and that no factors other than the good news will affect the price .
12 Let us assume that the survey is fine .
13 Let us assume that the directive is fully supported by the Government , who do not wish to amend one jot or comma of it and who are willing to sign up to its immediate implementation .
14 However , let us assume that the habit is broken .
15 The tragic thing is that in reacting against such unhelpful literalism too many of us assume that the war is not real .
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