Example sentences of "[adj] suppose that [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Nevertheless , it would be wrong to suppose that all mergers were approved .
2 This may lead some to suppose that any attribution or commendation of neutrality assumes that whereas one is morally responsible ( i.e. , accountable ) for what one does , one is not morally responsible for what one does not do , or some similar distinction .
3 It would be only natural to suppose that this order should apply not only to the laws , but also to the conditions at the boundary of space-time that specify the initial state of the universe .
4 It seemed reasonable to suppose that such benefits could be applied to other districts of the city without necessarily designating housing improvement schemes .
5 If all jobs and workers were homogeneous and there were perfect information and perfect mobility of labour , then it is reasonable to suppose that all wages would be equal .
6 It is reasonable to suppose that these language users might ( even accidentally ) hit on new combinations of phrases to produce slightly longer sentences than had hitherto been the rule : sentences , moreover , whose newly-coined significance derived from both the context of their first use and the pre-established significance of their components .
7 Thus , it is reasonable to suppose that these data also reflect the same transitional changes in the relationship between infant mortality and birth order as was hypothesized in connection with maternal age .
8 It is reasonable to suppose that this fact is significant , even allowing for the fact that Scaevola is disproportionately well represented in the Digest by cases on the law of succession .
9 What with the amateur incompetence of the Diocesan authorities and the deliberate reclusiveness of the priestly Society , it was almost hopeless to suppose that such information might be recovered .
10 Unless some attempt is made to address such problems it is unreasonable to suppose that such findings have any privileged status over any other kinds of assertion .
11 It is ridiculous to suppose that such promises could be binding .
12 Finally , it seems most plausible to suppose that this enforcement operated within very strict limits , so that we should not speak of a general power of enforcement of modus for public purposes .
13 It is extremely tempting to suppose that this picture and the Centauromachy and Amazonomachy on the other vase are copied from three of the murals in the Theseion .
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