Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] assumed " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before his time , American presidents were not assumed , any more than other heads of state , to have a corner on principled and coherent reasons for intervention ; the United States did its bit , muffled its complaints , tried — when pushed — to be a good ally . |
| 2 | erm Indeed one of the sad things perhaps at the lowest level is how many jobs are requiring mathematical skills that , that perhaps twenty years ago were n't assumed . |
| 3 | This approach assumed a degree of consensus within the family which was not assumed to the same extent in any other social institution . |
| 4 | In fact this ignorance was not assumed . |
| 5 | His enthusiasm was not assumed entirely for Oliver 's benefit . |