Example sentences of "we may assume that " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may assume that during conditioning associations will be formed between contextual cues and the individual events ( the CS and the US ) that occur in their presence . |
| 2 | All were agreed that multiple homage was an aberration , displeasing to God ; but we may assume that it was rare for a man to refuse a good gift or a bargain on this account . |
| 3 | When we would expect a feeling to be expressed to some extent by both partners but instead one person is quite overcome with emotion while the other is apparently untouched , we may assume that one carries and expresses the feeling for both . |
| 4 | And since Pooh knows what bees look like , we may assume that this observation is a good one : the belief the bees give him ( namely , that they are bees ) will be true . |
| 5 | We may assume that the caution was in the following terms : ‘ You do not have to say anything unless you wish to do so , but what you say may be given in evidence . ’ |
| 6 | We may assume that he is not spying on players and so must be on the lookout for managerial talent . |
| 7 | In the example of ICI the ratio was 9.8 and so we may assume that investors were willing to pay 9.8p for 1p of earnings . |
| 8 | we may assume that households will move so as , in effect , to subscribe to the clubs ( local governments ) whose policies most closely match their own preferences . |
| 9 | We may assume that very often they exploited ignorance and helplessness , though the extremes of contract labour and debt serfdom were probably un-common in this period , except among the Indians and Chinese shipped abroad for plantation work . |