Example sentences of "can be assumed [verb] " in BNC.

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1 We can begin by considering the mixing of N 1 molecules of component ( 1 ) with N 2 molecules of component ( 2 ) and this can be assumed to take place on a hypothetical lattice containing cells of equal size .
2 Because of the substantial sums of money being provided by the profession and the Government , if for no other reason , both can be assumed to continue to have an important say in policy making , but clearly the effect is in some sense to establish a middle ground .
3 Virtually any Arts and Crafts or Art Nouveau building can be assumed to have had a highly elaborate shopfront beneath .
4 Since the North West had some 8,700 pubs in 1981 , of which approximately 57 per cent were tied , the approximate division can be assumed to have been as follows :
5 The most this can mean is that the people who voted for the party did so knowing that it was planning to do certain things , and that therefore these voters can be assumed to have consented to those plans .
6 However , if lenders and borrowers can be assumed to look further ahead than the immediate moment , and if their guesses about the future are anywhere near what eventually happens , the level of real interest rates in 1984–5 may be better represented by one of the last two columns of Table 8.3 .
7 The number of intervening sentences in which the item was not mentioned is one obvious variable , but more interesting would be the effect of such discourse boundaries as a change of scene , where a whole set of items can be assumed to enter the consciousness of the addressee , presumably pushing out old ones .
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