Example sentences of "we can [adv] assume that [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In the later interviews it is only when grandparents were not known directly that there is no significant memory of them , and we can reasonably assume that this was also the commonest reason for lack of memory in the first set .
2 We can not assume that such areas were unsettled , however , since areas of woodland often belonged to other places which are better documented .
3 On the other hand , we can not assume that all people accused of Jacobite activity were guilty as charged ; some fell victim to the false allegations of professional perjurers .
4 In short , we can not assume that higher education is a site of pure reason .
5 We can not assume that these interpretations will be made in the same way in all cultures and in all languages , so understanding how interpretation proceeds in the culture of the language we are teaching is crucial if we are to help foreign learners to make their words function in the way that they intend .
6 We can not assume that these interpretations will be made in the same way in all cultures and in all languages , so understanding how interpretation proceeds in the culture of the language we are teaching is crucial if we are to help foreign learners to make their words function in the way that they intend .
7 We can not assume that any part of the education system works as it is supposed to ; as Macdonald ( 1980a ) has pointed out , we can not just analyse the production of cultural messages ; we also have to analyse their reception .
8 But we can not assume that this is always the case .
9 We now understand the day before another young boy af about nine saw a amn dressed exactly the same some distance away in the Sparcells estate so we can only assume that this man is lurking around in the area .
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