Example sentences of "[pers pn] is assume that [pron] be " in BNC.

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1 Because many old people are poor , or mentally or physically frail , it is assumed that they are also rigid , unable to learn , unable to make new relationships , and so on .
2 As with his genealogical history , Foucault 's meditations on power are not themselves without problems , but reactions to them can also be too hastily dismissive , often because it is assumed that they are proposed as a general theory .
3 It is assumed that he was arrested on suspicion of being an American spy .
4 No record exists of his education and it is assumed that he was privately tutored .
5 ( The discrepancy could perhaps be explained if it is assumed that there is also a weak preference to continue with the first-named character . )
6 Although there is only a single Doom Diver model it is assumed that there is an infinite supply of would-be Doom Divers ready and waiting to be thrown into the air .
7 It is assumed that there is sufficient uniformity to facilitate the specification of situations and circumstances that make it more , or less , likely to occur .
8 The Aristotelian view , as I have interpreted it , ‘ works ’ only to the extent that it is assumed that there is no problem about what I shall call ‘ the autonomy of desires ’ .
9 It is assumed that there is no entry/exit of firms , the dominant firms face constant average and marginal operating costs , and blenders have , at least initially , a £10 mark-up over costs .
10 Although not discussed at the Forum meeting , and since the local authority directors are nominated on an agreed two year cycle , it is assumed that there is no opposition to Councillors , and being appointed to complete their second year .
11 There is no crew as such because the Doom Diver effectively launches himself , although it is assumed that there are a number of Doom Divers ready and willing to step forward and be catapulted into the air .
12 Again , when an early riser in urgent need of coffee complains , ‘ The gas wo n't light ’ , it is assumed that there are substances in the world that can be grouped under the concept ‘ gas ’ , and that some of them , at least , ignite .
13 It is assumed that there were no stock differences either at head office or at the branch for Year 41 .
14 It is assumed that you are using version 5.0 of the program and that the original settings on the program disk are in force .
15 It is assumed that it is ‘ natural ’ ( ie healthy ) to love and protect children .
16 It is assumed that it is only the field man who ‘ really knows ’ what is happening ‘ out there ’ .
17 The danger of adopting a systems approach uncritically is that it is assumed that it is sufficient to identify system structures and to portray the multitudinous variables involved in a particular system which then reinforces the first law of ecology as graphically described by Commoner ( 1972 ) that everything is connected to everything else .
18 For the purpose of answering the second part of the question he should state that he is assuming that he is wrong in his answer to the first .
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