Example sentences of "[noun pl] assume [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In later myths the lamas assumed different shapes and names , such as Nigal who had a lion 's head , and Kirub who had a bull 's torso . |
| 2 | ‘ For instance all the Big 10 trusts could ( if they so chose ) fund a 5% dividend increase from reserves for three years assuming maintained earnings , ’ the brokers write . |
| 3 | Night was different from bright day , smelt different , sounded different ; ordinary things assumed different shapes ; an alien and more sinister power ruled the night . |
| 4 | With little international experience , most Swedish investors assumed other markets would do the same . |
| 5 | The latter , stripped of their powers to assume parental rights or to demand notice of a child 's removal from ‘ accommodation ’ , must work on the basis of negotiation and voluntary agreement . |
| 6 | These problems assume major proportions when allowance is made for the possible dependence of the level and rate of change of money wages on the level of aggregate demand . |
| 7 | At 212½ p , down 111 2 p yesterday , the shares are on five times earnings assuming pre-tax profits of £43m this year . |
| 8 | We shall start by examining discrete changes , in which the coefficients of the objective function or the RHSs of the constraints assume new values , or constraints are added or removed . |
| 9 | Still it was not vital and buckles , buttons , thimbles , locks , tobacco boxes , wire , nails et al , did not have to be of brass or copper , though employees in the related industries assumed considerable numbers . |
| 10 | From the 1850s , with stations moving to inner-city sites , station hotels assumed palatial aspects and the railway companies set the standard for others to follow . |
| 11 | Whilst it has been made clear that in this group both men and women assume caring roles , feminists have rightly pointed out that some of the dilemmas and problems are worse for women , not least because social conventions have not ascribed the same significance to employment for women as for men . |