Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] to assume that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be unduly optimistic to assume that management skills have risen to a level such that costs undertaken can be assumed to be equivalent to value . |
| 2 | Woman-centred psychology , too , is generally happy to assume that men 's ‘ cultural and biological experiences are mostly different from those of women ’ ( Aitkenhead 1987 : 299 ) , and to adopt conventional ideas of what these different experiences entail . |
| 3 | The unusual nature of these counter-examples indicates that they are indeed the exceptions which prove the rule , and it is normally reasonable to assume that coins made from the same die were produced at the same time and place . |
| 4 | Addictive disease runs in families and it is therefore tempting to assume that up-bringing and family and social background are the prime cause of addictive disease . |
| 5 | Although no reference to them exists among surviving documents , it is certainly reasonable to assume that James sired children . |
| 6 | And I do n't think that it 's too far-fetched to assume that person is one and the same ! ’ |