Example sentences of "[be] assumed that the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1830s , the British geologist Charles Lyell argued that to establish geology as a rigorous science , it had to be assumed that the forces that had sculpted the earth 's surface in the past were identical , both in kind and intensity , to those acting now . |
| 2 | It can be assumed that the proposals were drawn up by David Garrick . |
| 3 | To this extent , of course , a synchronically divergent language state requires the same kind of treatment as a historically divergent state : in neither case can it be assumed that the norms of some ‘ standard ’ variety can be successfully projected on to it . |
| 4 | It has to be assumed that the recipients were at least acceptable to Gloucester , and some can be shown to have had dealings with him in the previous reign . |
| 5 | It has to be assumed that the recipients were at least acceptable to Gloucester , and some can be shown to have had dealings with him in the previous reign . |
| 6 | It could only be assumed that the prints were obtained in a clandestine manner . |
| 7 | In the absence of any stated preference it will be assumed that the candidates will be willing to be considered for either appointment . |
| 8 | It used to be assumed that the barbarians were settled according to the Roman practice of billeting , whereby a soldier was given one-third of a house . |
| 9 | There was , of course , a diversity of tenures — so much so that it can never be assumed that the customs of any two manors were identical , or even similar , unless perhaps they formed part of the same feudal honour , for example the barony of Lewes in Sussex , which had evolved a set of common customs . |
| 10 | In evaluating the commercial possibilities of options , it should be assumed that the parties will act in accordance with their economic interests , but account should not be taken of courses of action which the parties would take only in the event of a severe deterioration in the creditworthiness of the issuer . |