Example sentences of "[be] assume [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that would be calculated as the total amount dissolved in the ocean divided by its rate either of addition or removal so if we 're assuming steady state the two will be the same , whichever is easiest to ma measure and that would normally be expressed in years |
| 2 | Your new orders will also confirm that I am to assume overall charge of the investigation . |
| 3 | The predominant use is still for word-processing , but databases , spreadsheets , graphics , and specialist packages are assuming increasing importance in most Garden Departments . |
| 4 | These consisted largely of ministeriales , tenants originally unfree ( see p. 113 ) , who in Germany and the Low Countries were assuming increasing importance , and were to be found most frequently on royal and ecclesiastical territories , improving their status by regular military and administrative service . |
| 5 | He was a man willing , unlike most of the home-grown right , to confront the left 's assumed ethical superiority . |
| 6 | The grazing of sheep and store cattle was the main occupation , although in the course of the sixteenth century dairying was to assume increasing importance . |
| 7 | When it was realised that the possible use of videos was assuming considerable significance those who answered this question positively were asked for examples as to where it would be helpful . |