Example sentences of "[vb mod] [pron] be assume " in BNC.
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1 | Nor must it be assumed that the whole of the Sahara shared in this climatic amelioration , for , as Gautier says , there are few traces of wadi patterns in the Libyan desert , which , forming the core of the Sahara , was probably less affected . |
2 | But , as one eminent Scottish judge pointed out in MacCormick v Lord Advocate ( above ) , why should it be assumed that successive reconstituted Parliaments at Westminster have inherited the attribute of ‘ sovereignty ’ peculiar ( and , as is above suggested , perhaps with a limited meaning even then ) to the English Parliament . |
3 | But even if definitive results were forthcoming , why should it be assumed as self-evident that natural learning is necessarily the most effective ? |
4 | Nor should it be assumed that siblings who have lived apart , sometimes married , for many years have broken these profound childhood links which shaped their attitudes to each other . |
5 | Nor should it be assumed that the young teachers of 30 years ago were all aspiring members of the working class . |
6 | However , neither should it be assumed that grade mix and skill mix are the same thing . |
7 | Nor should it be assumed that the division of the language items into lexis , structure and discourse function presents students with problems of equal difficulty or me with identical roles in each case . |
8 | Why , then , should it be assumed that the Holy Spirit was particularly active in professors ? |
9 | And what would it be assuming your salary increases by , say , 5 or 10 per cent before you eventually retire ? |
10 | Nor can it be assumed that all parts of the biosphere have the same 14 C concentration . |
11 | It is not necessarily the case that this will have happened , nor can it be assumed that the document in question belongs to a given domain at all ( it may be some sort of hybrid , or simply too ambiguous to fit neatly in one domain ) . |
12 | It is not necessarily the case that this will have happened , nor can it be assumed that the data in question fits neatly within a specific domain at all . |
13 | To this extent , of course , a synchronically divergent language state requires the same kind of treatment as a historically divergent state : in neither case can it be assumed that the norms of some ‘ standard ’ variety can be successfully projected on to it . |
14 | Nor can it be assumed that Eadwine found new allies among the eastern Angles in c . |
15 | Nor can it be assumed that professional courses always tackle the social aspects : How much do accountants or pharmacists consider the professional client relationship ? |
16 | Neither can it be assumed that a wife who is denied sexual autonomy will cease cohabitation . |
17 | Nor can it be assumed that all its invaders came directly from Scandinavia . |