Example sentences of "assumed [conj] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While for some this may be evident enough in the society of mass consumption , it has equally commonly been assumed that this degree of variability is an aberrant result of the wastage of modern capitalism , and that the ‘ pristine ’ subjects of social anthropology live in a far closer relationship with the given needs of their environment ( e.g. Forde 1934 ) . |
| 2 | I had always assumed that this song was either fictional or referred to events long ago , and Ricks ' talk contained nothing to contradict this . |
| 3 | The sense of urgency conveyed by the ‘ Look out ’ indicates the expectation that the pram , complete with baby , will fall over the cliff and perhaps be dashed on the rocks beneath and it is further assumed that this will be-deleterious for the baby . |
| 4 | If it is assumed that this country had achieved the minimum level of industrial development by 1850 , then the available circumstantial evidence suggests that by then about 70 per cent of the working class had achieved basic literacy rates . |
| 5 | It was mistakenly assumed that this trend represented a return to more traditional literary values ; an examination of such works reveals a postmodernist contestation of the conventional boundaries between genres and an intertextual mixture of writings , of which the fragmented subjectivity of the writer was itself a discourse capable of being plundered in order to generate text . |
| 6 | It is normally assumed that this reconstruction will not result in long-term unemployment of resources , or worse , permanent under-utilisation of resources in some sectors . |
| 7 | Although no birds are in evidence , it is assumed that this Labour is indicated . |
| 8 | On the basis of its much smaller jaws and teeth and enlarged cranial cavity , scientists have assumed that this being was the tool-maker . |
| 9 | I had always assumed that this sort of civilized dismay at barbarism was the monopoly of our cause . |
| 10 | Rather oddly , in the context of a crisis in which the abolition of the House of Lords was under consideration , it seems to have been assumed that this reservation would present a realistic safeguard against a majority party in the House of Commons seeking to keep its government in power indefinitely rather than face the country . |
| 11 | An alternative approach is to measure share price changes ; prices at any given time reflect the market 's estimate of future performance and if it is assumed that this estimate is reliable then a comparison of ‘ before and after ’ figures should provide an accurate guide to the change in earning potential brought about by merger . |
| 12 | Traditionally , it has been assumed that this information is derived from non-visual sources such as the vergence angle of the eyes . |
| 13 | Knox J at first instance had assumed that this information was confidential as he did prices and discounts allowed to customers . |