Example sentences of "assume that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The expectations hypothesis assumes that forward rates are equal to expected future spot rates ; in other words , where E ( ) is the expectations operator for the current period . |
| 2 | One approach to this problem , found in the work of Piaget , and of Goodenough and Harris , assumes that emerging features in children 's pictures denote underlying changes in their conceptual development . |
| 3 | This approach assumes that female psychologists in a particular category are all the same . |
| 4 | The mentalist assumes that mental states are irreducibly mental in virtue of the fact that in all their essential aspects they can be known only by " introspection " . |
| 5 | In other words , Barro assumes that rational agents over the period were aware that the rate of growth of the quantity of money was being determined by the process described in equation ( 6.7 ) , and were using their knowledge of that process and the coefficients involved in it to predict future monetary growth . |
| 6 | Because Gilligan assumes that rational subjects are the receptacles of moral values , she underestimates the extent to which the irrational strength of gender continues to influence the values she is trying to recast as simply ‘ human ’ . |
| 7 | It is dependent on the stability of existing states of affairs since it assumes that future situations will be predictable replicas of those in the past . |
| 8 | Finally , it almost invariably assumes that substantial improvements can be obtained with the same resources . |
| 9 | The strategy assumes that educational institutions are neutral , when not only is the education system controlled by men , but it actively constructs gender and actively produces women 's subordination . |
| 10 | So far as the former are concerned , the Act ( as does the Financial Services Act ) assumes that public issues of debentures will be undertaken by the same methods as issues of shares and it provides that a contract to take up debentures , like one to take up shares , may be enforced by an order for specific performance . |
| 11 | A part , of course , assumed that certain favours would be forthcoming , especially as her reputation , in the newspapers , was in tatters ; Mr Poole did not use so graphic a word , but his hands continued to make free of Dinah 's body , and soon she rose and shook out her skirts . |
| 12 | This theory was elaborated at length by Marx for capitalism but he also assumed that similar phenomena would occur in non-capitalist systems . |
| 13 | Central government assumed that typical IIAs would be up to 50 hectares in size , and that the programme would last about 3–5 years . |
| 14 | Centuries ago , the Greeks and Romans assumed that notional categories such as time , number , and gender existed in the real world and must therefore be common to all languages . |
| 15 | One of the things the expert would note would be that , however big the meal — and let us assume that over-large portions were served — some people would consume every morsel and leave an entirely clean plate . |
| 16 | We will assume that fixed costs are unavoidable . |
| 17 | Unlike incremental/line-item budgeting , ZBB does not automatically assume that existing programmes will continue in succeeding years . |
| 18 | Ministers when they come to Committees should assume that other Ministers have read their papers and time should not be spent on an oral regurgitation of what already appears in writing in the paper . |
| 19 | Moreover , we should assume that future decisions about Unix will have to take into account what is good for Novell . |
| 20 | Let us therefore assume that nervous disorders act as an intervening variable . |
| 21 | Perhaps the most important point to make is that , as part of affirmatively assessing elders , we should never assume that unconscious processes are less important or less worthy of exploration than they are in other people . |
| 22 | — One should not assume that equal opportunities and career development do n't go together |
| 23 | Hence , for example , in the case of the educational system , we should not assume that dominant ideologies about women necessarily give rise to uniform practices in schools and amongst teachers . |
| 24 | We might assume that perceptual experiences of some kind are directly accessible to an observer , but observation statements certainly are not . |
| 25 | " An ambassador " , wrote an anonymous author of the early seventeenth century , " must not permit or allow anyone to challenge or in any other way offend the honour of his Prince on any subject at all " , while more than sixty years later Wicquefort could still assume that ceremonial niceties must be an essential preoccupation of any diplomat . |
| 26 | In this case , however , Jane Austen does not assume that past values are irrecoverable . |
| 27 | While it would be misleading to suggest that small firms are important across all manufacturing industries , it is also incorrect to assume that small firms are confined to traditionally labour-intensive industries like textiles , clothing , furnishing or ceramics . |
| 28 | It makes sense therefore , to assume that deep tanks with a restricted surface area are going to be at a strong disadvantage from the very start . |
| 29 | But it would be a mistake to assume that Prime Ministers are necessarily mouth-pieces of their Lord Chancellors when making the most senior appointments . |
| 30 | It has been suggested ( White , 1978 , p. 101 ) that if we look at the delivery of key speeches in the Supreme Soviet , for example , there was no evidence that prominent groups were gaining proportionately more influence vis-a-vis the party , which may demonstrate that there is no good reason to assume that industrialized societies necessarily develop similar political characteristics . |