Example sentences of "[coord] it [was/were] [adv] assume that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of the misconception arose because the bones of early humans have often been found with bones of other animals , and it was simplistically assumed that this showed that they had killed and eaten other animals , and had later died amid the remains of previous meals . |
| 2 | The ATB records indicated that as much as 70% of all training was undertaken during the winter and it was therefore assumed that winter was the most suitable season for training . |
| 3 | Well , I was always going to be an artist and it was always assumed that I would leave South Africa and go to somewhere like Italy and study at an art school . |
| 4 | Wingti 's position was improved by the defection to his government of a further six MPs , but it was widely assumed that some of those not rewarded with Cabinet office were unlikely to remain permanently within the government coalition . |
| 5 | The corporation cited planning and zoning regulations for refusing these applications but it was generally assumed that the real reason was that the new houses would have been built in Unionist-controlled wards but would have been inhabited by Catholics . |
| 6 | ‘ This list of rare plants in Durham turned up in various correspondences , but it was always assumed that it was Stephen Robson 's list , ’ says Alec . |