Example sentences of "to assume that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was lively enough to marry Bellow to a ‘ stylish Radcliffe graduate ’ of whom Roth had been ‘ enamoured ’ — if we are to assume that The Facts has not imagined the connection . |
| 2 | When there is an opportunity during training for the pilot to decide whether or not a situation is safe , they must be taught to assume that the worst will happen , and then to assess whether there is a risk or not . |
| 3 | It is also premature to assume that the single European market means that rival continental financial centres will deliberately keep regulatory standards below London 's . |
| 4 | But it is safe to assume that the lack of technical evidence — no weapon connected to the murder has been found — and a valid motive will be cited . |
| 5 | But is it also realistic to assume that the West might tolerate it if Mr Gorbachev decided that the Romanian people , not unlike the people of Panama , deserve to enjoy democracy , and that the Soviet Union should send some of its military across the border to dispose of the Ceausescu family and their killer Securitas forces ? |
| 6 | If Eastern Europe gets massive assistance it is logical to assume that the South will get less . |
| 7 | Mr Whittaker warns his men not to assume that the black who answers the door of a heavily guarded fortress is the maid . |
| 8 | Not all were as moderate as Somerset 's , with its stress on equality ; the title of one of the others , Nicholas Bodrugan 's Epitome of the title that the Kynges Maiestie of Englande hath to the souereigntie of Scotland , shows how willing the English were to assume that the Scots could be persuaded to accept a union of unequal partners . |
| 9 | IT MIGHT be fair to assume that the people who made the posters for both Labour and the Conservatives would be experts on the way the campaign has been run . |
| 10 | The end of the coil is closed , and it seems reasonable to assume that the animal started growing as a coiled shell . |
| 11 | In this case , at least , there was no need to assume that the transfer obtained depended on changes in the distinctiveness of the cues . |
| 12 | It may seem wholly arbitrary to assume that the association acquired by A should lose its effectiveness when that acquired by the X representation does not . |
| 13 | The accusations of republican and Communist links were significant , and Craig obviously believed that it was reasonable to assume that the motives of NICRA were subversive . |
| 14 | If the young adult dog or puppy sees the owner run screaming to the house in terror , it is not unreasonable to assume that the dog will quickly follow . |
| 15 | Ormrod J. , in ignoring the psyche of the individual , seems to assume that the distinction between the criteria is effectively one between what is ordained ( biological ) and what is chosen ( psychological ) . |
| 16 | This is a point that has been commonly overlooked in the past , even by geologists , since there is a general tendency to assume that the only rocks worth bothering about are ‘ hard ’ rocks , which can be hit with a hammer ! |
| 17 | Another popular misconception is to assume that the types of funding and service offered by different lenders are virtually identical — all you have to do is discover who is willing to lend you money and then compare interest rates . |
| 18 | It is reasonable to assume that the carer 's preference provides some part of the causal explanation ; but it is also likely that the carers ’ preferences were influenced by the severity of the sufferer 's condition , and by whether long-term institutional care was expected , already planned , or already known to be unlikely . |
| 19 | But it is naïve to assume that the LDDC has always operated as effectively as some reports would suggest . |
| 20 | Consequently , since the substitutes too are expected to play a role in the manumission ( owing to the general clause ) , it is reasonable to assume that the testator did not intend it to apply to their case too . |
| 21 | This leaves us to assume that the beneficiary ought to pay in the event that ( iii ) it could not be shown that the testator , had he known the land was pledged , would have left something else or ( iv ) the testator did not know the land was pledged . |
| 22 | It is tempting to assume that the same rule applies , but quasar redshifts are , in some cases , very much bigger than any measured galaxy redshift , so the assumption involves considerable extrapolation . |
| 23 | It is a long-established custom to assume that the way to go about making a career is to fit ourselves into ready-made jobs . |
| 24 | However , my enthusiasm for authenticism in general and Norrington 's performances in particular should not lead readers to assume that the moment his latest CD goes in the tray I 'm all set to start spraying stars around like confetti . |
| 25 | The initial tendency , on the part of both government and public , to assume that the Jacobite adventure would soon peter out , was replaced , as the news of the fall of Edinburgh and Cope 's defeat at Prestonpans sank in , by feelings of outrage and alarm , which were soon expressed in a fervent outburst of patriotism . |
| 26 | Second , if leadership in God 's economy is not given on a basis of superiority then there is no reason to assume that the husband is the best equipped to make a given decision . |
| 27 | It is reasonable to assume that the storehouse is our local church . |
| 28 | It would be wrong to assume that the divisions in the Tory Party , which became so evident after Mrs Thatcher was dumped , have been healed . |
| 29 | Beyond that , we 've got to assume that the main source for instruments was the same as for everybody else who lived out of the range of urban merchandising , and that 's catalogues : Montgomery Ward , Sears & Roebuck and places like that . |
| 30 | ‘ Are we to assume that the Chancellor walked out carrying three bottles of wine ? ’ |