Example sentences of "[be] assume a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ei either the rate of addition or the rate of removal cos if we 're assuming a steady state the two will be the same and it 's just a question of for some substances it might be easier to measure th the rate of addition , for others it might be easier to measure the rate of removal . |
| 2 | When a specific pathogenic organism is implicated , such as the gonococcus , there can be assumed a natural cause-and-effect , and the presence of pus-cells is easily explained . |
| 3 | Naturally , I wanted to see him and to introduce him to my family ; but I also felt that he needed to get out of London from time to time , because he seemed to be assuming an increasing load of public work , as well as public lectures and broadcasts . |
| 4 | One way of removing this restrictive assumption is to assume a constant rate of growth ( g ) of dividends into the future . |
| 5 | The material which has been gathered supports this contention and it also raises a number of issues concerning the needs of staff , as well as students , at a time when the total quality of the teaching/learning experience is assuming a certain prominence throughout the HE sector . |
| 6 | Thus Vaughan is assuming a certain amount of shared knowledge on the part of the reader ; but because we can not , naturally , see things from the perspective of his origo , he must also assist the reader in the assignment of indexical or deictic meanings . |
| 7 | " This action , " he said , " does not mean that Japan is assuming a military role in the international community and does not represent any change in Japan 's basic defence policy . " |