Example sentences of "assume [conj] a [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This assumes that a test is trying to measure a single dimension of student ability — a trait — and that the difficulty of a test item is independent of both the other items in the test and the groups of students who answer it . |
| 2 | It is commonplace to hear people claiming to learn by their mistakes but that assumes that a mistake is recognized as such . |
| 3 | This assumes that a depositor is the person who will have made the deposit in question . |
| 4 | My attackers had scattered and I assumed that a teacher was approaching along the corridor . |
| 5 | Yang ( 1985 ) assumed that a library was a microcosm of the written language ; creators of the LOB corpus relied on the comprehensiveness of established bibliographic sources ( Hofland & Johansson , 1982 ) . |
| 6 | I assumed that a crome was C R O M E , and I still do ! |
| 7 | Let us assume that a stock is selling at $50 , with undisclosed good news which will ultimately cause the stock to sell for $60 , and that no factors other than the good news will affect the price . |
| 8 | For example , assume that a child is a rehabilitated person within the meaning of the Act : in other words , he has been subject to a supervision requirement and that requirement has been terminated or a year has elapsed since the date of the hearing that imposed the supervision requirement , whichever is the longer , and he has committed no further offences during the rehabilitation period ; or he has appeared before a children 's hearing which has decided not to impose a supervision requirement on him and six months has elapsed during which time he has committed no further offences . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It is also assumed that a bimbo is unintelligent , could n't possibly have an interest in anything other than clothes and make-up . |
| 11 | It may therefore be assumed that a manager is maintaining an adequate policy if the competitive position is being maintained and projections indicate that it is likely to be maintained in future . |
| 12 | It is assumed that a claim is limited to £5,000 , and so falls within the trial jurisdiction of the district judge , unless it is stated in the particulars that the claim is more . |