Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] it is assumed that " in BNC.

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1 This can be seen to be in accordance with the Yerkes-Dodson law if it is assumed that more difficult tasks are those which require greater attentional capacity ( c.f. Kahneman , 1973 ) .
2 If a Conservative MP X or Y , who has not been known to take ideological stands , approaches a minister or a whip and expresses grave doubts , this is viewed with considerable worry and it is assumed that these objections have been put forward by the MP only after the points have been put to him with equal or greater force in his constituency .
3 No record exists of his education and it is assumed that he was privately tutored .
4 Indeed , perceptual constancies are only a puzzle if it is assumed that the visual system acts like a camera .
5 But these resources are not sufficient for them to reach their migratory goal and it is assumed that they die before the journey is complete .
6 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 ’ .
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