Example sentences of "assume [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before she can eat , Snow White assumes the authorial voice , insisting that the other characters are her inventions , and that it is she who has always held the real power . |
| 2 | ‘ The form of the order assumes the familiar analysis of the tort of negligence into its three component elements , viz. the duty of care , the breach of that duty and the resulting damage . |
| 3 | When the decisions of all market participants dovetail completely , so that each plan correctly assumes the corresponding plans of the other participants and no possibility exists for any altered plans that would be simultaneously preferred by the relevant participants , there is nothing left for the entrepreneur to do . |
| 4 | Although the ordinate scale of such curves may be arithmetic a second scaling is more commonly used which assumes the normal probability distribution . |
| 5 | Local authorities now have four main sources of funds for capital expenditure : borrowing , which is subject to approval by central government ; capital grants , also from central government , which will specify the purposes for which they are to be used , and the amount the local authority must itself contribute ; capital receipts , from the sale of assets such as land and council houses , though the local authorities must first set aside 50% of these receipts ( 75% in the case of council house sales ) towards repaying their debts ; and ordinary revenue from the Community Charge , etc. , for which the government assumes the local authorities to be accountable to their voters ( CIPFA , 1990 , Chapter 20.3 ; HM Treasury , 1990 , Chapter 21 , Paras . |
| 6 | The formal duties of the conference are to decide whether or not to place a child 's name on the Child Protection Register and , if so , to appoint a ‘ key worker ’ who then assumes the main responsibility for overall coordination of any subsequent work with the child and the family . |
| 7 | The basic rule of oppressive disability representation assumes the social non-worth of an impairment or the person with an impairment . |
| 8 | The destruction of the Ealdorman Brihtnoth and his followers by the Danish invaders of England in 991 was the occasion for the poem on the Battle of Maldon , which is firmly in the tradition of the German heroic lay : it records and assumes the overriding virtue of loyalty between a lord and his followers . |
| 9 | Then unc assumes the numerical values unc In this case unc and unc The reader may check that |
| 10 | When filming a combat he pans round two adversaries so that , as each in turn assumes the aggressive role , he is observed moving in from the right . |
| 11 | It does not enter because the entry assumes the willing compliance of people who consider that they have nothing to gain and much to lose by complying . |
| 12 | Carmen Callil is to take up the new role of Publisher at Large of the Random House Group , continuing to work in particular with Chatto & Windus in London and Random House Australia , and she will assume the additional role of Editor at Large for the Knopf Publishing Group in the US ( Vintage , Pantheon and Alfred A Knopf ) . |
| 13 | She will continue to work in particular with Chatto in London and with Random House Australia , and she will assume the additional role of editor at large for the Knopf Publishing Group in the US ( Vintage , Pantheon and Alfred A Knopf ) . |
| 14 | To ensure that this is achieved , Ralph Ellis , who is currently Managing Director of the carpet group , will assume the overall role of Group Chief Executive with effect from 1st April 1989 . |
| 15 | While they are aware of the dangers of being seen to support the Tories , senior party members would argue that neither party had won the election , and Labour could not assume the Liberal Democrats would play its game . |
| 16 | Gregory believes the new toolkit , which is also scalable , is a technical breakthrough because it can assume the available processing power and memory resource on the target . |
| 17 | Hence the mystical angles of the polygynous family triangle may assume the following shape : co-wives accuse each other of witchcraft , but do not accuse their husband . |
| 18 | And having prepared the Tory Party to lose under Mr Major , will his victory now assume the misleading proportions of a sensational personal triumph ? |
| 19 | For most of these the use of English presents no problem and the Church does not assume the cultural importance that it has for some of those from ethnic minority cultures who live permanently in Britain . |
| 20 | When ageing parents become increasingly unable to look after themselves , a daughter may assume the main responsibility for caring for them . |
| 21 | Let us now assume the opposite case . |
| 22 | Yes , if one separates the controlling element , i.e. the timing , the sort of electro-mechanical aspect of it from the controlled interfaced circuits , i.e. the motors and the drive electronics that go with that , i.e. one compares the reliability of the let's assume the single chip microcomputer replacing the electro-mechanical conventional timer , then the reliability is n times better . |
| 23 | So er we 've got also , we pr we must assume the Choral Society . |
| 24 | His face assumed the poleaxed expression I have grown used to recently . |
| 25 | With construction already underway and with no alternative source of funding , Borowski assumed the entire cost himself . |
| 26 | He assumed the additional mantles of Officer Commanding General Duties Flight and the Families Officer . |
| 27 | In 1889 he assumed the additional surnames and arms of Goldsmid and Stern . |
| 28 | National Defence Minister Ioannis Varvitsiotis assumed the additional responsibilities of Justice Minister . |
| 29 | Tristan swallowed and his face assumed the familiar expression of pained dignity . |
| 30 | At Serrano 's suggestion , Franco assumed the Interior portfolio himself , although the Ministry was effectively run by Serrano 's close collaborator , José Lorente Sanz . |