Example sentences of "[is] assume [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A typical approach is to assume a ratio of hydrogen to helium which is the same or fairly similar to that measured in the atmosphere , and to assume that there is a small fraction of heavier elements and their compounds which may be concentrated in a core or dispersed to a greater or lesser extent .
2 Since the purchaser is to assume the liabilities for all persons employed in the business ( including any claim by the employees against the vendor ) it is important for him to collect , as early as possible , full details of all employees .
3 One frequent error is to assume the polls are predictive when in fact they 're snapshots of a situation at one particular moment . ’
4 All that remains is to assume an equilibrium in which investors ' expectations are realized on average and we have the ex-post version of Treynor 's measure , .
5 Neglect edge effects that is assume no change in the variable along the tube .
6 The Privy Council in Chan Man-sin advised that the owner of a credit at the bank or of a right to draw on an account " has , clearly , the right as owner to draw by means of a properly completed negotiable instrument or order to pay and it is … beyond argument that one who draws , presents and negotiates a cheque on a particular bank account is assuming the rights of the owner …
7 Mr Shute is assuming the chairmanship of Ross from Ross Marks , the company 's 37-year-old founder , who will remain as chairman of the consumer electronics operations and a director of the group .
8 It must not be forgotten that if the wife or third party is assuming the mortgage debt , so that the husband is released , the amount of the debt assumed in addition to the cash consideration will be subject to stamp duty ( Stamp Act 1891 , s57 ) .
9 ‘ That is assuming the police are correct and that the witnesses are telling the whole truth . ’
10 ‘ And that 's assuming the machine is programmed not to double back along the same path .
11 Er , that 's assuming the employer wants to pass on in pay , the rewards of adding value .
12 Thus , when preferred skills and qualities are not observed , it is assumed the teachers concerned simply do not have them and should therefore be supplied with them ( training ) , prevented from entering teaching at all ( screening ) , or restricted only to those ‘ safe ’ areas in which they are competent ( matching ) .
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