Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [be] assume that [art] " in BNC.
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1 | In a poll of Anglican Clergy undertaken in 1864 only 40% expressed the view that the damned would suffer everlasting torment ; it may be assumed that a poll of laity would have disclosed a substantially lower percentage.ii . |
2 | A widespread factor is found where real or suggested expertise is involved in a transaction and where at the same time it may be assumed that the customer is ignorant about what it is he is paying for . |
3 | On the vertical axis is plotted the recorded rate of increase of money wage rates , and it may be assumed that the rate of inflation can be closely associated with these rates of wage change because wages are usually the largest component of costs . |
4 | It may be assumed that the impulse of cruelty arises from the instinct for mastery and appears a period of sexual life at which the genitals have not yet taken over their later role . |
5 | It may be assumed that the manufacturer 's motive is his own advantage . |
6 | So it should be assumed that a similar number of those who changed in the ‘ right ’ direction were similarly ill-informed about their new choice , and just happened to end up in the ‘ right ’ group by chance . |
7 | In evaluating the commercial possibilities of options , it should be assumed that the parties will act in accordance with their economic interests , but account should not be taken of courses of action which the parties would take only in the event of a severe deterioration in the creditworthiness of the issuer . |
8 | Where crops are grown , therefore , it must be assumed that the aim is for as high a yield as possible . |
9 | In calculating the amount of Housing Benefit , regulations stipulate that it must be assumed that the student is in receipt of the full grant . |
10 | In view of the level at which responsibility for parents and the community was allocated , the pace at which action was taken , the apparently arbitrary way in which membership of the working party was decided and the omission from its membership of key figures in the area of home-school links , it must be assumed that the formulation of an LEA policy in this area was a matter to which the Authority attached a rather low priority during this period . |
11 | In the absence of any legislative indication one way or the other , it must be assumed that the offence may be committed in public and in private . |
12 | It must be assumed that the title was properly investigated at the time of the purchase by the husband and wife . |
13 | For example , if x=4 , and there were 20 labelled cells in a population of 1000 cells , it could be assumed that the cell population represented 20/4 , or five hemicrypts . |
14 | In the innermost pit , if the work of the scientists in the H area had been successful , it would be assumed that a nuclear explosion would generate a heat in the core of tritium/deuterium of one hundred million degrees Centigrade . |
15 | It will be assumed that the trader is long in the far contract and short in the near contract ( a bull spread ) . |
16 | In the absence of any stated preference it will be assumed that the candidates will be willing to be considered for either appointment . |
17 | It can be assumed that the proposals were drawn up by David Garrick . |
18 | It can be assumed that the degree of power and authority of each role holder increases towards the apex of the hierarchy . |
19 | Alternatively if the student was in rented accommodation on a 12 month lease it can be assumed that the student is not temporarily away from home . |
20 | However , it can be assumed that the political difficulties experienced within China over recent years continue to act as a barrier to any possible growth . |
21 | The random selection of cases is an approximation to experimental randomisation if it can be assumed that the population from which the sample is drawn is homogeneous : a reasonable assumption when dealing with a population of seeds , plants , germs , etc . |
22 | The licence may be for a fixed , perhaps renewable , period of time or there may be no mention of duration , in which case it can be assumed that the licence will last as long as the software is subject to copyright protection . |
23 | However , this example serves to emphasize how misleading it can be to assume that the breeding sex ratio necessarily reflects the extent to which male reproductive success varies for , even among closely related species , it is likely to be the case that males have substantially longer breeding lifespans in monogamous species than in polygynous ones ( see Wiley , 1974 ; Clutton-Brock et al . , |