Example sentences of "we [vb mod] assume " in BNC.

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1 From locality to Christendom : that was the range of vision of leading Scotsmen , kings , churchmen and nobles — transmitted , we may assume , to all those who sat in St Machar 's , their attention on the clergy at the altar distracted by what soared above them .
2 We may assume that during conditioning associations will be formed between contextual cues and the individual events ( the CS and the US ) that occur in their presence .
3 When age and period interact , we may assume we are dealing with the unique experiences of a generation growing up under particular conditions .
4 All were agreed that multiple homage was an aberration , displeasing to God ; but we may assume that it was rare for a man to refuse a good gift or a bargain on this account .
5 In conditions of rising population , such as we may assume for most of this period over most of Europe , land is scarce and labour plentiful , and the lords may commonly compel land-hungry peasants to accept their terms .
6 When we would expect a feeling to be expressed to some extent by both partners but instead one person is quite overcome with emotion while the other is apparently untouched , we may assume that one carries and expresses the feeling for both .
7 Proof We suppose unc so that we may write x = m/n where m , n ε Z. Clearly we may assume m , n have no common divisor
8 Noting that if r = 0 we have nothing left to prove , we may assume that
9 Sine [ by the minimality of c ] no pi can be equal to any qi , we may assume [ WLOG ] that
10 Proof Supposing F is reducible in Q[x] , we may assume [ which theorem ? ] that F = GH where unc and H = unc and where unc and
11 So we may assume unc We consider the p — 3 elements of the set unc Zp and we prove ( i ) if a ε S then there exists b ε S such that unc and ( ii ) if ab — ac — 1 then b = c .
12 Arguably it provides a very strong constraint on managers to act efficiently , if we may assume they are concerned about their future career path and if they believe that the firm does not systematically assess their performance wrongly .
13 We may assume , however , that he will have a better understanding of the purpose of the author in constructing the text in the way it is constructed if he knows that it is written in the late nineteenth century ( which will account for some differences in code , in Hymes ' terms ) in Victorian England ( which will account for the reference to a Reformatory ) and that the author is constructing the first English detective story , narrating the events from the point of view of four different participants , whose characters are in part revealed by the narrative style which the author assigns to them .
14 In general we may assume that , in a particular social context , only one role is taken by an individual at one particular time .
15 And since Pooh knows what bees look like , we may assume that this observation is a good one : the belief the bees give him ( namely , that they are bees ) will be true .
16 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 . ’
17 We may assume that he is not spying on players and so must be on the lookout for managerial talent .
18 For example , we may assume the if we do P then Q will happen ; if Q happens then R will then occur .
19 In the example of ICI the ratio was 9.8 and so we may assume that investors were willing to pay 9.8p for 1p of earnings .
20 we may assume that households will move so as , in effect , to subscribe to the clubs ( local governments ) whose policies most closely match their own preferences .
21 We may assume that very often they exploited ignorance and helplessness , though the extremes of contract labour and debt serfdom were probably un-common in this period , except among the Indians and Chinese shipped abroad for plantation work .
22 Now it simply follows that , if A is requesting B to come , and A is behaving rationally and sincerely , we may assume all the facts in ( a ) - ( g ) .
23 The iconography necessarily shows rather small numbers of dancers ; generally the seals and rings only allow space for three or four figures , but we should assume that we are being shown only the nucleus of a larger religious ceremony .
24 Moreover , we should assume that future decisions about Unix will have to take into account what is good for Novell .
25 I , I think that we should assume that we would not get paid time .
26 It is not necessary for us in the present case to decide whether this distinction is a legitimate one and I do not think we should assume to do so .
27 In imagining what it would be like to be fundholders in future we should assume that overall adequacy of funding for health care will be less than we have previously known .
28 What does this second claim come to what is its state of the affairs of the state well , well we should assume that Mill ultimately utilitarian standard so that erm to manage the state 's affairs well is to maximize general happiness .
29 ‘ And as it takes half an hour to drive to Royal Wrigglesworth we must assume that Sir Vivien 's Lagonda would have driven through the village at about eight . ’
30 We must assume either that Warnie 's memory exaggerated the virulence of her hostility to Jack 's conversion , or that there was some particular thing about it which affected her more than anyone else .
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