Example sentences of "we can [adv] assume that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus if we have a whole W , made up of parts X and Y then we can not assume that the value of W is the value of X added to the value of Y , for W may be an organic unity . |
| 2 | If we are to understand the significance of subject specialization , then we must take the choices made by women seriously : we can not assume that the student who chooses physical science is somehow ‘ right ’ while the student who chooses the humanities is somehow ‘ wrong ’ . |
| 3 | In other words , in this case , we can not assume that the position in 1974 represented inter-generational equity . |
| 4 | However , such systems tend to settle down after a time ; as long as the feedback process is not in full swing , we can often assume that the net effect has balanced out in one direction or the other . |
| 5 | I think we can safely assume that the statuette was washed and wiped clean after the event . ’ |
| 6 | Where hedging of bets ( ‘ ambiguity ’ ) is not just feasible but desirable , we can only assume that the problem is not cancer , but hypochondria . |