Example sentences of "assume [conj] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many executive managers assume that resistance is a representation of ‘ the enemy , ’ whereas the reality is that no change can occur without it . |
| 2 | Left-inclined critics argue that pluralists ignore the more fundamental question of who actually benefits from public-policy outcomes and wrongly assume that participation is power . |
| 3 | Senior registrar appointment committees assume that accreditation is necessary before someone is appointed to a consultant post and that accreditation will be granted only after four years of higher training ( eight years for a doctor training half time under the PM(79)3 scheme ) . |
| 4 | We have a long way to go before society really shifts in attitude , and both men and women assume that caring is not only a woman 's job . |
| 5 | For example , some assume that mastery is an all-or-nothing state and set the standard at 100 per cent although there is some flexibility depending on the nature of the errors made , if these are few . |
| 6 | Both Stalinism and Sartreanism assume that history is an emancipatory process of self-realization , even if the forces of production in the one are replaced by the praxis of the self-conscious human subject in the other . |
| 7 | The mistake the reformists make is a common and fundamental one : they assume that language is — or should be — a faithful representation of reality , a ‘ mirror of nature ’ . |
| 8 | Mills rejects pluralist accounts because they mistakenly assume that power is only located in the political system . |
| 9 | Assume that VAT is always calculated at 15% . |
| 10 | All the models of passive rifting discussed so far assume that rifting is more or less a symmetric process ; that is , we would expect the opposing passive margins formed through continental break-up to have a similar structure and morphology because they have experienced a similar tectonic history . |
| 11 | But they can not do this if their minds and emotions are already sealed tight against it — if they assume that religion is outdated and not worth studying . |