Example sentences of "to assume [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One way the model was altered was to assume that the mantle part of the lithosphere stretches by a greater amount than the crust during extension ( Fig. 4.17(B) ) . |
| 2 | If we continue to assume that the money supply ( M ) is under the control of the monetary authorities , we can write that in equilibrium , Substituting from above , we have With k constant , and Q fixed because the economy is assumed to remain at full employment , an increase in M will create an excess supply of money . |
| 3 | Nor is there any reason to assume that the system would have adjusted smoothly to the onset of overaccumulation had the oil crisis not occurred . |
| 4 | In attempting to help users in searching automated catalogues , it is perhaps too easy to assume that the machine must do it all and that the burden must be removed entirely from the user . |
| 5 | Since some of those are probably from the same people , it is safe to assume that the aviation user base of Skymaster runs into the low hundreds . |
| 6 | The grounds of appeal were , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the justices had exercised their discretion to award costs on the wrong principles as it had not been shown that the local authority had acted in bad faith or unreasonable in the performance of its statutory duties or had acted unreasonably in the conduct of the proceedings before the court ; ( 2 ) there were no circumstances which justified the making of the costs order ; ( 3 ) the justice should have found that there were good reasons for the local authority to be concerned about the father 's ability to care for the children , the local authority was not bound to adopt the view of the guardian ad litem and the local authority had communicated the decision not to oppose the father 's application within a reasonable time on receiving the report of the guardian ad litem ; ( 4 ) the justices had been wrong to assume that the change in the view of the local authority amounted to an admission that the views of the local authority had been wrong all the time . |
| 7 | Mr. Latham , for the plaintiff , submitted that it would be quite wrong to assume that the Act of 1976 has effectively satisfied the requirements of justice identified by Lamont J. He observed that our law of limitation leaves scope for a large number of claims still to be brought by plaintiffs born before 1976 . |
| 8 | Studies of adolescents have reported highly negative perceptions of the unemployment ( ag.Gurney , 1981 ) and Breagwell ( 1933 ) suggested that it is not un reasonable to assume that the attribution of attitudes to others , which attack one 's self esteem , may be casually linked to the insecurity and anxiety commonly felt by the unemployed . |
| 9 | To assume that the proletariat will be able to defend its dictatorship against entanglement is to assume in history itself a substantial and given principle which would drive ambiguity from it , sum it up , totalise it , and close it . |
| 10 | For example , Sperber and Wilson suggest that in [ 25 ] it would be consistent with the principle of relevance to assume that the speaker wanted to indicate that the walk was longer than the hearer would have otherwise thought . |
| 11 | In this case , at least , there was no need to assume that the transfer obtained depended on changes in the distinctiveness of the cues . |
| 12 | Alexei guessed that he was being invited to assume that the Khanate , like the gifts which he had received during Nugai 's reign , had come from Burun 's hands . |
| 13 | When we survey the reception of Darwinism ( chapter 8 ) , we shall have to beware of the temptation to assume that the success of the selection theory in the twentieth century was built upon foundations established in Darwin 's own time . |
| 14 | On the other hand , caution should be adopted in the interests of third parties , and there should be a reluctance to assume that the treaty has been amended to alter the objects and purposes of an organisation . |
| 15 | If Eastern Europe gets massive assistance it is logical to assume that the South will get less . |
| 16 | We have little reason to assume that the response of solitary lesions would be fundamentally different . |
| 17 | However , it would be a mistake to assume that the behaviour of insects is based solely on instinct . |
| 18 | But is it also realistic to assume that the West might tolerate it if Mr Gorbachev decided that the Romanian people , not unlike the people of Panama , deserve to enjoy democracy , and that the Soviet Union should send some of its military across the border to dispose of the Ceausescu family and their killer Securitas forces ? |
| 19 | At later real times , the universe would expand like the chaotic inflationary model proposed by Linde ( but one would not now have to assume that the universe was created somehow in the right sort of state ) . |
| 20 | It is a long-established custom to assume that the way to go about making a career is to fit ourselves into ready-made jobs . |
| 21 | It is reasonable to assume that the territory governed from Knossos , for instance , extended eastwards for roughly half the distance between Knossos and Mallia and southwards for roughly half the distance between Knossos and Phaistos . |
| 22 | The end of the coil is closed , and it seems reasonable to assume that the animal started growing as a coiled shell . |
| 23 | Mr Whittaker warns his men not to assume that the black who answers the door of a heavily guarded fortress is the maid . |
| 24 | It is naive to assume that the existence of city technology colleges or grant maintained schools will act as a stimulus to the rest . |
| 25 | None of the six we tested included an invoice for the sample , nor have any , at the time of writing , sent one on later so it 's pretty safe to assume that the trial was free . |
| 26 | In fact , it is unsafe to assume that the intensity of direct competition between males should necessarily be reduced in monogamous species . |
| 27 | It would be prudent to assume that the GRU , in collaboration with its clients , is effective at identifying needs and diverting what it purloins to the right places . |
| 28 | Since then a number of people a great deal abler than ourselves have worked on the problem but , because of the sheer labour of handling the algebra they were forced either to assume that the crack tip was infinitely sharp , that is had zero radius , or else , with a finite tip radius , to use very approximate methods , or at least to map the stress system only in certain regions . |
| 29 | It is reasonable to assume that the carer 's preference provides some part of the causal explanation ; but it is also likely that the carers ’ preferences were influenced by the severity of the sufferer 's condition , and by whether long-term institutional care was expected , already planned , or already known to be unlikely . |
| 30 | In the case of a matrimonial home which does not have registered title , it would seem to be accepted practice to assume that the title was properly investigated at the time of the husband 's purchase , so that all the husband 's solicitors need to abstract to the wife 's solicitors is the conveyance to the husband , any mortgage , any " sales-off " ( or other transactions affecting the title ) , and details of the covenants affecting the property . |