Example sentences of "[adv] [be] assumed that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has long been assumed that the origins of many adult disorders lie somewhere in childhood or earlier events . |
| 2 | It could only be assumed that the prints were obtained in a clandestine manner . |
| 3 | In the past it has always been assumed that the wall followed the same line as its medieval successor . |
| 4 | A downturn of the lips : ‘ Glynn women have never figured in wills ; it has always been assumed that the men would look after them along with their other properties . ’ |
| 5 | On the other hand , since nearly 80 per cent of the nation were illiterate in early NEP , consisting of a disorganized and fragmented peasantry , it has often been assumed that the actions of this class have been both unreflective and ineffective . |
| 6 | There was , of course , a diversity of tenures — so much so that it can never be assumed that the customs of any two manors were identical , or even similar , unless perhaps they formed part of the same feudal honour , for example the barony of Lewes in Sussex , which had evolved a set of common customs . |
| 7 | For the young , there must have existed an inherited inborn enjoyment of life , for it can fairly safely be assumed that the pleasure experienced by them when at play , so obvious to modern man , must have been observable all through evolution . |