Example sentences of "[modal v] [pron] assume that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should one assume that the parties take notice in the original position of their own fallibility , and agree on constitutional arrangements that will be self-correcting if it turns out that the fundamental beliefs concerning human nature , on which their substantive principles of justice are based , turn out to be wrong , or not ? |
| 2 | Should we assume that the meaningfulness of such a hypothesis necessarily depends on the possibility ( in principle , at least ) of turning the relevant propositional schema into a meaningful singular proposition , viz. by replacing the " bound " variable ( the variable governed by the " existential quantifier " ) with an appropriate name , or a naming phrase ? |
| 3 | Nor should we assume that the parties were static . |
| 4 | Shall we assume that the Home Secretary , too , will grant a reprieve to William Joyce ( ‘ Lord Haw Haw ’ ) because by January 3 , 1946 , the date of his execution , Germany had ceased to be an enemy country ? |
| 5 | However , a new problem arises — that of selection due to differential recruitment of those receiving or not receiving X. For example if , after a TV programme on violence in society , we sample to compare the opinions of those who watched it with those who did not on the question of bringing back corporal punishment , can we assume that the subpopulations of watchers and non-watchers are otherwise similar ? |