Example sentences of "[vb base] assumed a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Three Mile Island and , above all , Chernobyl , had not happened , the image of civil nuclear power would ( or should ) have assumed a more friendly warmth as the superpowers ' diminishing stocks of warheads dwindled towards a largely symbolic status . |
| 2 | One of the reasons why the purchasing power parity theorem has not worked so well over short periods is that the influence on currencies of current account flows has diminished , while capital account transactions have assumed a greater role . |
| 3 | One reason is that current account flows no longer dominate the supply of and demand for currencies , and that capital transactions have assumed a greater relative importance . |
| 4 | In this example we have assumed a character size of 6 bits . |
| 5 | Can you identify features which you have assumed a receiver of your description will assume to be present by default ( i.e. features of the building which do not diverge from what you presume to be shared between your ‘ building schema ’ and a potential receiver 's ) ? |
| 6 | I have assumed a complete absence of proofreading . |
| 7 | 1 , 2 and 3 have assumed a stable body of knowledge . |
| 8 | So far we have assumed a simple ( Hooke 's Law ) restoring force which is proportional to displacement [ Eqn ( 5.1 ) ] ; this implies that the potential energy V has the form |
| 9 | That such contracts have done so may be taken to show with at least strong prima facie force that , moulded under the pressures of negotiation , competition and public opinion , they have assumed a form which satisfies the test of public policy as understood by the courts at the time , or , regarding the matter from the point of view of the trade , that the trade in question has assumed such a form that for its health or expansion it requires a degree of regulation . |
| 10 | Some analysts ( for example , Hoggett 1987 ) have assumed an almost automatic convergence between post-Fordist developments in production and similar developments in welfare , public administration and politics . |
| 11 | In this pavement — as in others of a comparable design — the squares have assumed an overall structural importance and greatly influence the character of the work . |