Example sentences of "have [adv] assumed the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hopefully , the Fox and Hedley Walton cases will encourage the executors of land-owning taxpayers to fight over-valuation , which has often assumed the status of a national scandal . |
| 2 | I understand there was some kind of rift and Mr Swinton is not recognized by his brothers , the eldest of whom has now assumed the baronetcy . |
| 3 | Among the Cheka people high intellectual standards combined with education and culture had not assumed the outward expression which I had found to be so hateful among the former Russian intellectuals … . |
| 4 | In February 1989 Ghafar Baba had formally assumed the duties of acting Prime Minister in order to allow Mahathir to recuperate from cardiac surgery . |
| 5 | John Young , a larger-than-life figure , had automatically assumed the Princess would sit in the Royal Box , and had sold tickets in the belief that everyone in the theatre would have a view of the Princess . |
| 6 | From the middle of the sixteenth century there had , however , been some confusion in England , mainly because most continental countries had adopted 1 January as the beginning of their year , and had also assumed the same year number . |
| 7 | It had n't assumed the full importance it later would in my life , though I already liked the place and felt at home in its coolness and dark . |
| 8 | If these groups also appoint the directors , then the committed stakeholders have effectively assumed the rights and responsibilities of ownership . |
| 9 | These proposals have generally assumed the need for international guarantees of this status . |