Example sentences of "can not [adv] assume " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since we can not simply assume that the results from one bilingual setting must apply to all others too , we shall study two widely differing groups of bilingual children in the UK . |
| 2 | But we can not yet assume that Froggy Davies was murdered by , or on behalf of , either Martinez , Jefferson or Harley . |
| 3 | No such assumption can be made with non-experimental data ; if we compare non-experimental groups which vary on X , we can not automatically assume that they are alike in other respects . |
| 4 | I do n't think I have been fooled by artefacts , or overinterpreted my findings , though it is obvious even to me , let alone a critical outsider , that in fitting the data within a temporal cascade I have not formally proved all the necessary biochemical links ; some of my arguments have run dangerously close to the classical trap of assuming that post hoc implies propter hoc ; just because the phosphorylation step precedes the glycoprotein synthesis I can not automatically assume that the latter depends upon the former . |
| 5 | They can not just assume the researcher role and use students as experimental subjects , observing how they learn under varying conditions with detached interest to satisfy an intellectual curiosity . |
| 6 | One needs a Porter-style analysis to discover exactly what type of investment and competitive strategy is needed to achieve or maintain market share or competitive position ; one can not just assume that any type of investment in capacity in areas of high market share will lead to future success . |
| 7 | They can not therefore assume that all genetically engineered products are dangerous unless proven otherwise . |
| 8 | We can not merely assume that our minds are so filled , but this must be treated as an object for empirical enquiry . |
| 9 | As regards persons who can safely be classified as employees , their employers can not safely assume that they will own the copyright in everything produced by those employees . |
| 10 | However , there are examples which show that we can not always assume that a property word will have a referential locus . |
| 11 | One can not necessarily assume that the operation of market principles per se will automatically lead to efficiency . |
| 12 | For example , if an employee writes a computer program to help with his work but he is not employed as a computer programmer , his job is not to write computer programs and an employer can not necessarily assume that he owns the copyright in that particular program . |
| 13 | Despite the safeguards in the Police and Crime Evidence Act 1984 in England , one can not complacently assume that all is well or at least that the service given by police surgeons could not be improved . |