Example sentences of "is [adv] [adj] to assume that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In the absence of other evidence it is not unreasonable to assume that numbers of this order persisted into the early 1900s . |
| 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 . |