Example sentences of "are [adv] assumed to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this explanation is not sufficient to explain the phenomenon : there is a definite difference between , shall we say , an amoeba and a crystal , yet the crystal grows and ( in a very limited sense ) reproduces — two activities that are generally assumed to be characteristic of living material . |
| 2 | Alcohol and tobacco are generally assumed to be products with a very inelastic demand . |
| 3 | Controlled processes are generally assumed to be voluntary , flexible and capacity limited while automatic ones are highly efficient , unavoidable , resistant to modification , not subject to capacity limitations and able to occur without awareness ( LaBerge , 1981 ) . |
| 4 | The answer to that of course is ‘ no ’ ; because honour , pride and ego are always assumed to be male . |
| 5 | Note that regimental champions ( Bosses ) are always assumed to be armed and equipped exactly as the rank and file members of their regiment . |
| 6 | Note that regimental champions are always assumed to be armed and equipped in exactly the same way as the rank and file members of the regiment . |
| 7 | Ancestral origins from different geographical regions , however , are still assumed to be important in understanding pupil needs . |
| 8 | Variable and fixed costs are traditionally assumed to be linear . |
| 9 | That is , if ( for the purposes of semantic or pragmatic interpretation ) we think of deictic expressions as anchored to specific points in the communicative event , then the unmarked anchorage points , constituting the deictic centre , are typically assumed to be as follows : ( i ) the central person is the speaker , ( ii ) the central time is the time at which the speaker produces the utterance , ( iii ) the central place is the speaker 's location at utterance time or CT , ( iv ) the discourse centre is the point which the speaker is currently at in the production of his utterance , and ( v ) the social centre is the speaker 's social status and rank , to which the status or rank of addressees or referents is relative . |
| 10 | Variants of binary variables ( which are implicitly assumed to be discrete ) are most easily handled as percentages ; table 5.1 for example lists zero realizations of ( h ) as a percentage of the total number of occurrences of both variants . |
| 11 | This same point about the divisibility of roles which are ordinarily assumed to be interchangeable is further exemplified by my second example which is another piece of classic ethnography . |