Example sentences of "assumed that the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Channel 7 had assumed that the codes for accountants and solicitors were ‘ very much the same ’ and , said Mr Hyde , they had not received any indication from the Institute that a problem existed .
2 It can be assumed that the degree of power and authority of each role holder increases towards the apex of the hierarchy .
3 If it is assumed that the system of corporate enterprise is the most efficient system for the creation of wealth , should it therefore be concluded that corporate power is legitimate ?
4 It is not necessarily the case that this will have happened , nor can it be assumed that the document in question belongs to a given domain at all ( it may be some sort of hybrid , or simply too ambiguous to fit neatly in one domain ) .
5 Nor must it be assumed that the whole of the Sahara shared in this climatic amelioration , for , as Gautier says , there are few traces of wadi patterns in the Libyan desert , which , forming the core of the Sahara , was probably less affected .
6 In constructing the scheme we have assumed that the division of surplus-value between unproductive consumption and accumulation would be 50 per cent each ; and also that the unproductively consumed part would be divided in the same proportions as Marx used .
7 Nor should it be assumed that the division of the language items into lexis , structure and discourse function presents students with problems of equal difficulty or me with identical roles in each case .
8 The derivation of the birds from a reptilian ( possibly dinosaur ) ancestor is certain , and because the earliest fossil bird , Archaeopteryx , is Jurassic in age , it is usually assumed that the split from the reptiles occurred in the earlier part of the period .
9 He had therefore assumed that the preparation of a European plan would be broadly similar to the planning practices normally followed in the United States .
10 This suggests that in studies of material representation it should not be assumed that the consumption of a given group will be represented as a coherent and consistent set of forms .
11 In other words it is assumed that the difficulty of the item will be the same for any individual irrespective of his or her previous learning experiences etc .
12 It was normally assumed that the quantity of differences as measured by some typological evaluation among assemblages ( usually subjective intuition ) is a measure of ethnic affinity between the groups responsible for the archaeological remains .
13 Despite ritualistic genuflections from time to time towards the value of local democracy , it was assumed that the purpose of local government was more or less consensually agreed to be the local delivery of a set of services enshrined in centrally determined statutes .
14 It is assumed that the interior of the cap was lined with soft leather .
15 Rape is only held to have been committed in English law where the sexual intercourse is ‘ unlawful ’ , and it is generally assumed that the function of that term is to remove non-consensual intercourse between a man and his wife from the ambit of rape .
16 To this extent , of course , a synchronically divergent language state requires the same kind of treatment as a historically divergent state : in neither case can it be assumed that the norms of some ‘ standard ’ variety can be successfully projected on to it .
17 But the Bank had copies and PW ‘ accordingly assumed that the inferences to be drawn … would be drawn by the Bank ’ .
18 It was assumed that the spread of middle class attitudes would radically alter allegiances at work , in particular .
19 Nor ought it to be assumed that the spectrum of lobbies and special-interest groups represents all the proper and vital concerns of society , or that such concerns are properly embodied in balances and compromises between them .
20 In view of the level at which responsibility for parents and the community was allocated , the pace at which action was taken , the apparently arbitrary way in which membership of the working party was decided and the omission from its membership of key figures in the area of home-school links , it must be assumed that the formulation of an LEA policy in this area was a matter to which the Authority attached a rather low priority during this period .
21 Even so , it should not be assumed that the abolition of public examinations would necessarily put an end to transmission styles of teaching .
22 It is assumed that the evaluation of particular practices in particular contexts is more relevant to the educational and professional needs of teachers and schools and therefore more likely to result in improvement .
23 I wonder if any of your readers noticed in The Times of 10 March how Lord Armstrong of Ilminster of the Victoria and Albert Museum 's Trustees , quite casually assumed that the independence of our national museums had already been similarly compromised ?
24 A master who freed a slave could take back his freedom three times in succession ; after the third time it was assumed that the judgement of the master could no longer be trusted .
25 FAST assumed that the attainment of a " biosociety " by the early decades of next century was crucial .
26 Consequently , it is assumed that the scope for economies of scale in the fertilizer industry would be similar to those in the petrochemical industry .
27 In medical practice , and especially in medical economics , it is assumed that the identification of a foetus with a disability by amniocentesis ( CVS ) will inevitably lead to an abortion .
28 Similarly it is assumed that the conditions under which the reading will take place are the same as those of writing which are usually a clean well-lit office .
29 On the other hand , since nearly 80 per cent of the nation were illiterate in early NEP , consisting of a disorganized and fragmented peasantry , it has often been assumed that the actions of this class have been both unreflective and ineffective .
30 On the other hand the EEC Nine produces only 64% of its consumption of sheep meat and it is generally assumed that the UK with approximately 25% of the EEC sheep flock and as the leading producer of 50% of Community production is well placed to reap some advantage which could be of benefit to the hills and upland areas .
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