Example sentences of "be [adv] assume that [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Although it has been traditionally assumed that Labour Governments are more susceptible to defeat in the Lords than Conservative administrations , Brazier concludes that the Lords have been surprisingly even-handed in dealing out legislative defeats .
2 In the basic Gaussian method just described , it has been tacitly assumed that all errors are equally likely .
3 If technology is linked only with science , then vast possibilities in traditional arts subjects will be wasted , and it will be increasingly assumed that modern well-equipped schools are for science , while arts schools struggle along in the doldrums , where neither teachers nor pupils will want to be .
4 It might be naively assumed that these variations in expenditure reflect the varying patterns of need for health care illustrated by the population .
5 Even with interests , it ought not to be casually assumed that all interests are automatically legitimate , or that compromises can and should be made to accommodate them .
6 It is widely assumed that different ICUs can be compared by the ratio of actual mortality to that predicted by the APACHE score .
7 It is widely assumed that these scoring systems can be used for comparisons .
8 It is generally assumed that international forces have a great influence on the UK so that it is the international economy which determines the character of the crossroads now facing the UK .
9 Lampreys and hagfishes lack a differentiated stomach , and it is generally assumed that all agnathans were similarly microphagous with no need for a stomach .
10 Myths abound in the heroin community as to the meaning of ‘ notification ’ and ‘ registration ’ and it is generally assumed that all ‘ official ’ agencies are in league with one another .
11 It is generally assumed that all spreadsheets will benefit from fast calculation but this is n't necessarily so .
12 It is generally assumed that both texts on British Library Additional MS 23986 are preserved there as fragments of longer originals , and this is certainly true of the Anglo-Norman ballad first written on the roll .
13 It is generally assumed that endogenous LH release occurs IS -20 h after the midpoint of the second dark period following PMSG administration .
14 It is normally assumed that this reconstruction will not result in long-term unemployment of resources , or worse , permanent under-utilisation of resources in some sectors .
15 It 's generally assumed that those who forego the pleasures of the flesh are elderly , but a report in the American Journal of Psychiatry reveals that 75pc are under the age of 38 .
16 For example , hearing impairments provide a common aetiology for linguistic difficulties among deaf children and for this reason it is usually assumed that deaf children will respond to therapy in similar ways .
17 It is usually assumed that this is a deficiency in the enzymes ( see p 18 ) that detoxify foreign chemicals .
18 The sense of urgency conveyed by the ‘ Look out ’ indicates the expectation that the pram , complete with baby , will fall over the cliff and perhaps be dashed on the rocks beneath and it is further assumed that this will be-deleterious for the baby .
19 It is also assumed that all complex carbohydrate malabsorbed are converted to H 2 with the same degree of rapidity as is the case with lactulose .
20 It is also assumed that these qualities are true of most old people .
21 It is often assumed that textual discussion must be complex to be acceptable .
22 It is often assumed that personal contacts will push through more of your material than that of other PROs and that you will be able to ask for favourable comment here and there .
23 Because of this it is often assumed that cleaning staff are familiar with the basics especially when women are employed .
24 Although it is often assumed that these were one and the same battle , there is no evidence that Clovis fought at Zülpich , and it is possible that they were separate events .
25 Without anything in writing to the contrary , it is legally assumed that all members of the band equally share the band 's profits and assets .
26 The household is often treated as a unit of consumption , and it is frequently assumed that all members of a household have equal access to its resources .
27 It is frequently assumed that large corporations act in roughly the same manner , whether they are part of the public or the private sector , and that their industrial relations follow the same pattern , too .
28 It is then assumed that these mortality measures correctly reflect more general health ( or morbidity ) differentials and , furthermore , that 10 per cent extra resources are needed to compensate for a 10 per cent excess risk .
29 It is sometimes assumed that this outside world , composed of external structures and processes , exists at some level above that of the actor 's home ground .
30 It is commonly assumed that British black children speak a variety of English indistinguishable from the local white norm .
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