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Example sentences of "be [adj] to assume that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1	Likewise it would be wrong to assume that economic difficulties worked to push the gentry increasingly into the Tory camp .
2	This is somewhat surprising , since it would be reasonable to assume that domain-specific dictionaries would contain the most appropriate collocations for domain-specific documents .
3	It would , however , be incorrect to assume that syntactic aspects of language production could only be influenced by automatic accessing of particular lexical items .
4	In order to assess how ‘ fair ’ the warranted Accounts are and to verify or compare profit/and/or net asset growth it is useful to be able to assume that previous accounts have been drawn up on a similar basis and that , for example , the Vendor has not unfairly weighted the profits for the warranted Accounts .
5	It is popular to assume that other people resist change but , of course , we are all potential resisters of change .
6	It is reasonable to assume that ancient people were sensitive to the reality of these other levels of existence , living their lives accordingly , and it may be that we should look to this awareness as the origin of much folklore .
7	But it is reasonable to assume that Eastern Europe is still considerably better off than Brazil , which in early 1990 was reported to be $6 billion in arrears on its $115 billion debt and facing the prospect of 2200 per cent inflation during the year .
8	Taking the influence of occupational audiences first , it is reasonable to assume that rank-and-file preference would be to avoid ‘ another Saltley ’ .
9	It is reasonable to assume that hormonal effects predominate in younger women , while dietary factors may become increasingly important in older women .
10	Now I can see that I was wrong to assume that mere dedication to a craft ineluctably results in fine work , but it was that conviction which drove me to put Jean-Claude and his work on the map .