Example sentences of "it had been assumed that " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the general election of 1970 there had , for instance , been no discussion of the settlement issue ; it had been assumed that ujamaa would continue to be a voluntary movement . |
| 2 | It had been assumed that , because the journey would only take a few hours , it was better to be in the open air than in the dark and unventilated cargo holds . |
| 3 | The talks between Electronic Data Systems Corp and British Telecommunications Plc about a possible alliance have cooled , the Wall Street Journal believes : rather surprisingly , the paper says that British Telecom had been considering buying 25% of General Motors Corp 's Class E shares , which simply pay dividends tied to the computer services subsidiary 's performance ; it had been assumed that British Telecom would not be interested in holding a significant minority interest in an automaker just to cement an alliance with one of its subsidiaries . |
| 4 | It had been assumed that increased rehabilitation input would achieve the ‘ big move ’ out of hospital and the restoration of substantial numbers of patients to some moderate state of well-being . |
| 5 | Jackie Drake was denied Invalid Care Allowance because it had been assumed that married women did n't need to work . |
| 6 | When 5 Corps had first been informed by Gen Schmidt-Richberg of the approach of 600,000 Germans and Croats to the southern edge of the Corps area on the evening of 13 May , it had been assumed that this huge mass of fugitives was on the verge of entering Austria and that it would be difficult to prevent all of them from doing so . |
| 7 | The man had been found near Southwark Bridge at the turn of the tide : he had grounded at low tide , and it had been assumed that he had been carried down river with the ebb . |
| 8 | This was the first hard evidence that a change in the advanced courses was on the way although , ever since the development at National Certificate level , it had been assumed that a major change in the advanced level would follow in due course . |
| 9 | Reporting the statement , Reuters said that it had been assumed that Pol Pot was directing the Khmers Rouges from secret bases . |
| 10 | Until recently , it had been assumed that the greatest of the medieval pope — lawyers was a pupil of the renowned Master Huguccio of Pisa , teaching in Bologna at this time , whose Summa on the Decretum of Gratian was well-known and whose teaching , linking theology with canonistics , the science of the Church 's law , attracted students . |