Example sentences of "[pers pn] assume [conj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since I assume that readers will be familiar with the problem , this chapter will not be a straightforward restatement of it or a listing of offensive usages . |
| 2 | As a language user you may start from a position of ‘ innocent egotism ’ , whereby you assume that others are like you and share your assumptions , or you can start by trying to assume what the addressee 's terms of reference are and continue in a circular process of mutual discovery . |
| 3 | We have seen instances of equation between E and E , and between P and P. We assume that equations between P and E are fundamentally incoherent ( though see the remarks below , concerning ( 37 ) ) . |
| 4 | If we assume that ducks peek randomly , briefly and independently of each other then the probability of the flock detecting a randomly attacking cat is given by P = 1 — e where n is the flock size . |
| 5 | In particular , we assume that firms act in a Cournot-Nash fashion , taking their competitors ' outputs as fixed ; i.e. . |
| 6 | We assume that statesmen think and act in terms of interest defined in terms of power … . |
| 7 | If we assume that accountants play a passive role in this , namely that they provide only what is expressly requested , then we build our accounting theory on that . |
| 8 | However , if we assume that accountants also have an educational role , we might add to our definitions , to include potential users and potential users ' needs . |
| 9 | Too often we assume that others want exactly what we want or need those things we find easiest to deliver . |
| 10 | We assume that demanders know the value of all current shocks , but suppliers do not , so we can write : |
| 11 | Following inter alia Feige ( 1967 ) and Sharpe ( 1973 ) , we assume that investors pursue a long-run target portfolio S* given by ( 2 ) subject to the costs of being out of equilibrium and adjusting asset holdings . |
| 12 | Similarly , we assume that workers who set their wages at the end of odd periods believed , in the odd period t - 2 , that the price level would be the same in periods t - 1 and t . |
| 13 | As before , we assume that demands are generated by an aggregate utility function , which . |
| 14 | We assume that graduates will do and say things in a considered way and not proffer the first thing that occurs to them . |
| 15 | We assume that contractions were totally absent or failed to occlude the intestinal lumen . |
| 16 | Throughout this chapter we assume that individuals know what motivates them and can isolate their goals and discuss them separately . |
| 17 | In general we assume that words have a standardised spelling in British English . |
| 18 | We assume that children he has will be young children , children of an age who usually live with their parents . |
| 19 | We assume that larvae take 10 days to develop ( ignoring differences between lines ) , and that larval viability is adjusted by density-dependence to maintain constant population size ( r=0 ) . |
| 20 | They assumed that pupils , mostly boys , of course , who were failing on the school reading scheme simply needed more and more opportunity to slog away at the phonics and sight vocabulary while under tight supervision . |
| 21 | Why , simply because he is a doctor , should he assume that women will come as trusting , respectful , and , above all , compliant patients who can be dealt with quickly ? |
| 22 | It assumed that models of rehabilitation valuing people through work , which had been established at such hospitals at Netherne , could be applied for an indefinite period with all patients being potential benefactors . |
| 23 | It assumes that bills of quantities are unnecessary , that fluctuations in prices need not be allowed for , and that the nomination of subcontractors is not required . |
| 24 | Furthermore , it assumes that monopolies have a single or unitary interest which the state can follow without question . |
| 25 | Like the CAPM it assumes that investors prefer more wealth to less , less risk to more risk , and that they are rational decision makers . |
| 26 | It assumes that preferences are absolute . |
| 27 | It assumes that firms faced with increased demand for their products will immediately attempt to increase their capital stocks . |
| 28 | It should be emphasised , however , that the crude rate is probably an underestmate of the true proportion of recurrent ulcers , because it assumes that patients who were withdrawn ( and therefore not followed up endoscopically for the entire 12 months ) did not develop an ulcer relapse . |
| 29 | The expectations hypothesis may be a good starting point , but it assumes that individuals who take unhedged positions in futures markets ( i.e. speculators ) expect on average to earn only the risk-free rate . |
| 30 | The use of B avoids the problem of estimating the normal level of government expenditure which , ADD argue , Barro handles inconsistently since he assumes that agents form their expectations about normal government expenditure using an adaptive expectations mechanism , while assuming that agents form their expectations rationally elsewhere in the system . |