Example sentences of "be [adv] assumed that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet while it may not be possible , in a given case , to come to a clear decision one way or the other , it can not , I shall argue , be coherently assumed that a decision is logically impossible and at the same time insisted that the object in question exists in an ontological sense . |
| 2 | In so far as Whitehall had considered these matters it had been vaguely assumed that a status quo ante would be established and the Dutch in the Netherlands East Indies , the French in Indochina , and the Colonial Office in Burma and Malaya would resume their rightful sway . |
| 3 | It is generally assumed that an individual candidate has little influence on voting behavior : party is the decisive factor , though the candidate can have some impact . |
| 4 | It is normally assumed that a given variable would have remained constant in the absence of integration . |
| 5 | It is also assumed that a bimbo is unintelligent , could n't possibly have an interest in anything other than clothes and make-up . |
| 6 | It is also assumed that an individual 's response to an item will be completely independent of his or her response to any other items in the test . |
| 7 | It is safely assumed that a government can obtain the passage of virtually all the bills it introduces . |
| 8 | Glanville Jones ' ideas were based initially on studies of medieval Wales , where it was formerly assumed that a dispersed settlement pattern of pastoral farms had been the norm . |