Example sentences of "be assume that [pron] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | The policy of buying off the raiders may often have seemed sensible , and it should not be assumed that he was always criticised for it , even by those who provided the money . |
| 2 | Someone had thus moved the body , and it had to be assumed that it was the same person who had pushed her on to the plough . |
| 3 | ‘ While I respectfully agree that recommendations of a committee may not help much when there is a possibility that Parliament may have decided to do something different , where there is no such possibility , as where the draft Bill has been enacted without alteration , in my opinion it can safely be assumed that it was Parliament 's intention to do what the committee recommended and to achieve the object the committee had in mind . |
| 4 | As little as 40 years or so ago , it often tended to be assumed that there was a nice simple relationship , a sort of ‘ black box ’ effect , that looked like Figure 6.1 . |
| 5 | Altogether , it can be assumed that there was a fair degree of literacy generated , bearing in mind the times and the remoteness of the region . |
| 6 | I 'm assuming that it was suicide following … ’ |
| 7 | We had been assuming that it was the absence of the teacher which created the unique benefits of collaborative learning . |
| 8 | It is assumed that he was arrested on suspicion of being an American spy . |
| 9 | No record exists of his education and it is assumed that he was privately tutored . |
| 10 | He was assuming that it was a hiccup , only . |
| 11 | It was assumed that what was being measured was a property of the personality . |
| 12 | When he had not returned by lam , it was assumed that he was the wanted man . |
| 13 | He was thirty-five to forty and it was assumed that he was an army intelligence officer . |
| 14 | ( That the government was ready for a strike was a widespread interpretation of its appointment of Ian MacGregor to chair the NCB from September 1983 on ; MacGregor chaired British Steel in 1980–1 , a period encompassing its major dispute , and was believed responsible for the major cuts in job levels ; it was assumed that he was expected to achieve the same in the coal industry . ) |
| 15 | Trade unions fell into the second of these groups , but , because of their large and fluctuating membership and because of certain provisions in the Trade Union Act 1871 , it was assumed that it was impracticable to bring actions against them so as to make their funds liable . |
| 16 | certainly it was assumed that there was some kind of organized network |