Example sentences of "was assumed that the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Peter Sharp , sixty-one , Manhattan hotelier and real estate developer , died in April 1992 , it was assumed that the Metropolitan Museum would receive his collection as a bequest . |
| 2 | At one time it was assumed that the best approach was one of stealth and caution , particularly as the most productive place to fish was invariably no more than a rod 's length away from your own bank . |
| 3 | It was assumed that the liquid discharge would disperse and be rendered harmless . |
| 4 | it was assumed that the segment-locating process is purely statistical , but this would only be true if ΔΕ 12 was zero ; |
| 5 | After the establishment of an independent Germany and Italy , it was assumed that the national question , as a progressive issue , was now past in Europe ; only reactionaries would continue to try to resurrect it . |