Example sentences of "it be assumed that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , as one eminent Scottish judge pointed out in MacCormick v Lord Advocate ( above ) , why should it be assumed that successive reconstituted Parliaments at Westminster have inherited the attribute of ‘ sovereignty ’ peculiar ( and , as is above suggested , perhaps with a limited meaning even then ) to the English Parliament . |
| 2 | Nor can it be assumed that professional courses always tackle the social aspects : How much do accountants or pharmacists consider the professional client relationship ? |
| 3 | Even today , when the tottering of a Goldcrest or TESE is taken as a sign that the film industry is going under , it 's assumed that big companies are the key to surviving in the film business , because that 's the way they do things in LA . |
| 4 | Even if it is assumed that actual bodily harm has been inflicted in these circumstances , the defendant has inflicted it during intercourse but has not inflicted it in order to have or continue having sexual intercourse . |
| 5 | It is assumed that technical progress is purely labour-augmenting . |
| 6 | It is assumed that overall coverage of new publications in the authority is achieved by these departments . |
| 7 | Answer guide : It is assumed that variable costs are the same per unit of activity ; therefore the variable costs will move in proportion to activity levels , i.e. in a linear fashion . |
| 8 | In economic models of bureaucratic behaviour it is assumed that economic incentives and constraints are what count , rather than the moral or intellectual qualities of public servants ( Niskanen 1973 ) . |
| 9 | It is assumed that homologous structures are there as a consequence of evolution from a common ancestor , so homologous structures common to all mammals would be presumed to have been present in our common ancestor . |
| 10 | Unless it is assumed that superior genes are permanently located in the Brahmin caste ( and there is no evidence that this is the case ) then there is probably no relationship between genetically based and socially created inequality in traditional Hindu society . |
| 11 | It is assumed that so-called reminder treatments act in some way to increase the likelihood that associations ( especially weak ones that will be most in need of such help ) will be effective in generating overt conditioned responding , then the pattern of results observed can be accommodated . |
| 12 | It is assumed that social values , which are also placed on a single linear dimension , might be assigned to each variant . |
| 13 | It is assumed that provisional agreement has been reached between prospective partners , all of whom are fully qualified solicitors ; that the firm name has been chosen and premises identified ; that certificates and licences have been obtained as necessary in relation to specialist aspects of the work of the practice and registration obtained for VAT ; that the Solicitors ' Indemnity Fund has been informed of the existence of the new practice ; and generally that there is no legal or professional obstacle to accepting instructions from clients . |
| 14 | It is assumed that different pattern-controlling genes are switched on in forelimb and hindlimb , but this remains speculation . |
| 15 | ‘ It is assumed that scientific knowledge grows in a series of discrete steps , each corresponding with a specific advance which can be precisely located in time ’ . |
| 16 | It is assumed that gastric metaplasia arises from the necks of Brunner 's glands and is the result of a persistently high concentration of acidity in the duodenal bulb . |
| 17 | Lastly , it was assumed that new powers for planning would become available , including powers for the control of land values . |
| 18 | Until recently , it was assumed that other birds rely on different clues to guide them home . |
| 19 | When Mrs Thatcher took office in May 1979 it was assumed that southern Africa would cause a massive rift between her and the black African states of the Commonwealth . |
| 20 | The widespread nature of the process took people by surprise ; it was assumed that metropolitan growth was a permanent feature of modern society . |
| 21 | It was assumed that spoken forms which failed to observe the rules of morphology and syntax considered appropriate to written forms were ‘ incorrect ’ and ‘ ungrammatical ’ . |
| 22 | Along with earlier ideas of colonisation of the landscape , it was assumed that original churches had been supplemented with additional chapels of ease as needed . |
| 23 | The late fifties and early sixties , when I lived in Windsor Great Park , were creative and critical in manner : the established order was questioned ( sometimes cynically ) , but it was assumed that well-directed idealism could change human society . |