Example sentences of "[vb mod] assume that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must assume that the Society only operated from 1893 to 1895 . |
| 2 | For the sake of the argument we must assume that the space covered by the arch is proportional to the benefits , so that there has been some purpose in making the arch as broad as possible . |
| 3 | These will have been issued with a fixed redemption value and we must assume that the holder calculated that this would give him a return equal or similar to alternative returns currently available . |
| 4 | We must assume that the density of information packing in spoken language is appropriate for the listener to process comfortably . |
| 5 | As we consider each crop , we must assume that the land and climate make its cultivation viable . |
| 6 | Since these particular constraints do not apparently operate upon variation in subject-verb agreement in standard English , which in turn is affected by a different set of constraints ( see Huddleston 1984 : 241 ) , we must assume that the surface variants of the verb which occur in the two dialects are embedded in structurally different grammars . |
| 7 | We must assume that the problem for the discourse analyst is , in this case , identical to the problem for the hearer . |
| 8 | ‘ I shall not rise to the inevitable sexism which comes from the Government front bench , ’ replied Ms Armstrong , and since not even today 's siren Labour party can consider the word ‘ silly ’ to be sexist we must assume that the objection is to being described as a woman . |
| 9 | If specific rates refer to 5-year age groups , we must assume that the rate applies in every year of the group so that the rate derived from the fictitious figures of table 10.5 is |
| 10 | Erm if we 've got erm er a couple say age sixty , and they 've got their personal allowances er as , as usual , er let's assume that the male 's retired and he 's getting an income of five thousand two hundred , let's just suppose . |
| 11 | Now let's assume that the grass is a little thicker and the putter looks an unsuitable club . |
| 12 | Yet historical interpretation of literature fairly easily loses sight of literary interests ; if it goes far enough , the interpreter may assume that the idea of poetry or drama as art can be abandoned , since what counts are cultural traces , of whatever kind , and the ideological impressions they appear to bear . |
| 13 | We may assume that the caution was in the following terms : ‘ You do not have to say anything unless you wish to do so , but what you say may be given in evidence . ’ |
| 14 | The scholar may assume that the consensus is the same as his or her own idea of crime . |
| 15 | As this is a prototype instrument I 'll assume that the string fault I 've mentioned has already been spotted and rectified , otherwise any criticism is a matter of personal preference . |
| 16 | If Tretorn wish to bid for tournaments in this Category ( Category A ) , they might assume that a bid from a company producing pressurised balls is likely to succeed . |
| 17 | Again , one might assume that the change of position occurred without any feelings of attitude-change or dissonance . |
| 18 | Parents may have opted for the test , however , and , hearing nothing more , might assume that the result was normal . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't think , ’ Celia said softly , ‘ I do n't think you ought to assume that the laity does n't notice . |
| 20 | The fact of union , coupled with its repeated reaffirmation , has resulted in a position where only a blind man could assume that the power of the Westminster Parliament to sever it was so well established in general acquiescence that none would deny the propriety of its exercise . |
| 21 | We would assume that the discussion , in such a case , would cease to be a discussion which appealed to primarily linguistic evidence in this piece of discourse . |
| 22 | Normally , one would assume that the particle will move on a straight line away from A. However , according to the sum over histories , it can move on any path that starts at A. It is like what happens when you place a drop of ink on a piece of blotting paper . |
| 23 | I would assume that the marketing costs could be spread fairly evenly over the full five-year period . |
| 24 | I would assume that the County Council 's assessment of need at a hundred and twenty two hectares does take cognizance of the s the anticipated growth in housing . |
| 25 | We shall assume that a ring of radius a situated in the z = 0 plane carries a current I ( Fig. 3.6 ) and we wish to determine the magnetic field at the point |
| 26 | In order to simplify exposition we shall assume that the level of money wages is given at W so that we are able to fix the position of the aggregate marginal cost curve in Figure 5.5(b) . |
| 27 | For purposes of exposition we shall assume that the surplus-value is divided equally between accumulation and unproductive consumption . |
| 28 | To keep things as simple as possible we shall assume that the quantity of money is determined by the government in accordance with the following process : where g is a constant and v t is a random , serially uncorrelated error with zero mean and constant variance . |
| 29 | Again , for simplicity we shall assume that the price level is believed to remain unchanged over the period of the contract , so we can write : |
| 30 | ( For the moment we shall assume that the public 's payments for the bonds come from their expenditure on consumption goods . ) |