Example sentences of "[be] assume [conj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | To account for them by subsidence , it must be assumed that preglacial subsidence was so slow that any breaches could be healed by new coral growth , while the Post-glacial rise of sea level was so rapid that any breaches formed could not be filled . |
2 | It might be assumed that forcible resistance to power without right must itself be legal and not revolutionary ; but in every case there seems no recourse except to force of some kind . |
3 | It had been assumed that increased rehabilitation input would achieve the ‘ big move ’ out of hospital and the restoration of substantial numbers of patients to some moderate state of well-being . |
4 | It is assumed that technical progress is purely labour-augmenting . |
5 | It is assumed that overall coverage of new publications in the authority is achieved by these departments . |
6 | It is assumed that so-called reminder treatments act in some way to increase the likelihood that associations ( especially weak ones that will be most in need of such help ) will be effective in generating overt conditioned responding , then the pattern of results observed can be accommodated . |
7 | It is assumed that gastric metaplasia arises from the necks of Brunner 's glands and is the result of a persistently high concentration of acidity in the duodenal bulb . |
8 | ‘ It is assumed that scientific knowledge grows in a series of discrete steps , each corresponding with a specific advance which can be precisely located in time ’ . |
9 | It is assumed that provisional agreement has been reached between prospective partners , all of whom are fully qualified solicitors ; that the firm name has been chosen and premises identified ; that certificates and licences have been obtained as necessary in relation to specialist aspects of the work of the practice and registration obtained for VAT ; that the Solicitors ' Indemnity Fund has been informed of the existence of the new practice ; and generally that there is no legal or professional obstacle to accepting instructions from clients . |
10 | The widespread nature of the process took people by surprise ; it was assumed that metropolitan growth was a permanent feature of modern society . |
11 | The late fifties and early sixties , when I lived in Windsor Great Park , were creative and critical in manner : the established order was questioned ( sometimes cynically ) , but it was assumed that well-directed idealism could change human society . |