Example sentences of "[pers pn] assume that [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I assumed that Rimbo was one of our friends from the developing world , like Fenton Akimbo . |
| 2 | I assume that people are put on the list if they have been connected with an offence relating to prostitution or have been cautioned . |
| 3 | As a language user you may start from a position of ‘ innocent egotism ’ , whereby you assume that others are like you and share your assumptions , or you can start by trying to assume what the addressee 's terms of reference are and continue in a circular process of mutual discovery . |
| 4 | We assume that B 's children will be grown-up . |
| 5 | As before , we assume that demands are generated by an aggregate utility function , which . |
| 6 | We assume that contractions were totally absent or failed to occlude the intestinal lumen . |
| 7 | They assumed that wealth was automatically there , and that the task of politics was simply to take from the wrong people and give it to the right ones . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | 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they can not do this if their minds and emotions are already sealed tight against it — if they assume that religion is outdated and not worth studying . |
| 10 | It assumes that preferences are absolute . |
| 11 | The minimalist interpretation is too weak since it assumes that people are never bound by authority regarding issues on which they have firm views . |
| 12 | He assumes that citizens are rational , selfish actors . |
| 13 | He assumes that Nick is , you people are rearranging my genes , so that everyone will be like everyone else . |
| 14 | There was never a reply , and he assumed that Elise was out . |
| 15 | Let us assume that insiders are now willing to accept a real wage reduction so as to protect their jobs . |
| 16 | If the theory that DNA and its copying machinery arose spontaneously is so improbable that it obliges us to assume that life is very rare in the universe , and may even be unique to Earth , our first resort is to try to find a more probable theory . |