Example sentences of "would [adv] assume " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would only assume that she attached some importance to his opinion and take it as a compliment . |
| 2 | Users of financial statements would wrongly assume that such paragraphs are a form of qualification . |
| 3 | He would personally assume responsibility for disconnecting food and water supplies and would not give Tony antibiotics if he developed any more infections . |
| 4 | Any engineer would naturally assume that the photocells would point towards the light , with their wires leading backwards towards the brain . |
| 5 | Two people would share the role of secretary ; two more with a head for figures would take on the work of treasurer , an area which would necessarily assume vital importance with the huge legal costs that would have to be faced . |
| 6 | And tomorrow , one hoped , he would merely assume that Nicholas had made a pettish departure and was sulking somewhere , awaiting apology or forgiveness . |
| 7 | The viewers would just assume he 'd fallen into a cupboard and bang would go the impact of the scene . |
| 8 | The idea was that a system did n't have just a single history in space-time , as one would normally assume it did in a classical nonquantum theory . |
| 9 | The first is excluded because possession by the chargee will render the asset unusable by the company as security in favour of another creditor ; the second because registration would destroy the negotiability of the instrument ; and the third because these interests arise and disappear quite quickly and registration would be simply too burdensome and provide little new information as those dealing with charterers would normally assume the existence of such charges . |
| 10 | However , as Cusick maintained , once the audience had seen people coming and going through a stone doorway they would subconsciously assume the rest of the set to be stone as well . |
| 11 | The State Department would select an able adviser to assist General Hodge : this official would gradually assume direction of political affairs and would act as a ‘ tutor ’ to the Interim Legislative Assembly . |
| 12 | Although Coleman still had qualms about the misuse of media credentials , foreseeing a time when immigration officials around the world would automatically assume that any visiting journalist was a spy , it would have been hypocritical to complain . |
| 13 | One proposal was for a new head of state to be elected by the National Assembly , but under an alternative plan the National Assembly would elect a Presidium , the chair of which would also assume the post of head of state . |
| 14 | They would also assume the validity of the religious starting-point , and while acknowledging that faith should never be forced onto people — that freedom is essential for real religious awareness to develop — they are nevertheless sure that they are right and that no teacher will be misleading the young if they teach religion straight . |
| 15 | I suppose you 'll be telling me next that most normal people would immediately assume that you were here to discuss the state of French politics ! ’ |
| 16 | Sampson would simply assume that he had n't put the chain on at the end of his last stay . |
| 17 | After a new client was ushered onto the market by the AE , the SAE would then assume responsibility for looking after the client 's market positions , and for obtaining future business . |
| 18 | Go … " and the clients would again assume the shares were selling like hot cakes . |
| 19 | The main point about this example was to show that social roles which speakers of English would ordinarily assume to be alternative titles for the same individual , e.g. , " father " , " husband " , " begetter of wife 's children " , are not only distinguishable but may be distributed in quite unexpected ways . |
| 20 | I would therefore assume his arrival in England was a great achievement . |
| 21 | A disabled person living in physically unsuitable housing would therefore assume that there was no point in registering on the waiting list , unless they happened to fall into one of the categories mentioned . |
| 22 | Stansted is by the Government to be a major airport of the future and you would therefore assume that the Government would be planning that development but it is now clear that Stansteds future is based on unknown or undisclosed information of genius arithmetic and a desire to listen only to the aviation industry . |