Example sentences of "[noun sg] can be assumed to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | One problem for the non-native speaker of English is to decide when a group can be assumed to be familiar . |
| 2 | Thus by overtly infringing some maxim , the speaker can force the hearer to do extensive inferencing to some set of propositions , such that if the speaker can be assumed to be conveying these then at least the over-arching cooperative principle would be sustained . |
| 3 | The copper can be assumed to be uniformly distributed across the section but it only occupies a fraction unc of the space available ; the current density in the copper is to be J. |
| 4 | The approximate savings per unit can be assumed to be 1 chef at £6,000 per annum per unit . |
| 5 | Functional studies were essentially positivist in nature and depended upon the notion that phenomena can be explained as instances of repeated and predictable regularities in which form and function can be assumed to be related , and indeed form and process figured in the titles of a number of books concerned with processes ( e.g. Carson and Kirkby , 1972 ; Gregory and Walling , 1973 ) . |
| 6 | Where no provenance is given , the find spot can be assumed to be East Anglia . |