Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] be assume " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , psychiatrists have used as their analogy disorders such as Huntington 's chorea or Alzheimer 's disease , which are known ( or can be assumed ) to have a discrete organic cause in the nervous system and which are like other infective or degenerative physical diseases , except that they happen to affect the brain . |
| 2 | In terms of priorities , the client was advised to consider first the changes required to reflect the responsibilities that would be assumed from April 1st 1990 , accepting that , in the longer term , further changes would be needed as a result of management information and computer system developments , and to improve cost control and income-generating activities . |
| 3 | They are for estimating purposes only and should be assumed to have an accuracy no greater than + 25% . |
| 4 | The compressibility of the solvent is equal to the molar volume of the solvent in solution , V 1 , and can be assumed to be unchanged over a small range of pressures , thus giving |
| 5 | In conversations which involve speakers of both the first and second generations it is mainly the behaviour of the second generation speakers which is of interest , for it is these individuals who have " stylistic mobility " between London English and Creole and can be assumed to be using the two codes differentially ( though not necessarily consciously ) in a strategic way . |