Example sentences of "[verb] assume [conj] [adj] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We tend to assume that significant rituals are only found in ‘ primitive ’ societies and in state ceremonies such as the Coronation . |
| 2 | Classical economy is said to have assumed that all men are alike in sharing certain needs which must be satisfied if they are to survive , but which can be met in a variety of ways . |
| 3 | The outsider might be tempted to assume that scientific ecology was inspired by the growth of environmentalism in the late nineteenth century . |
| 4 | Knox J at first instance had assumed that this information was confidential as he did prices and discounts allowed to customers . |
| 5 | These surveys tended to assume that certain species were typical of a particular habitat , although there were also studies of the changing proportions of species in differing locations . |
| 6 | We have to assume that this point is in some sense typical . |
| 7 | They have assumed that certain methods were not available to them . |
| 8 | Many sociologists have assumed that social position is gained by individual achievement rather than by birth — at least for the majority of the population . |
| 9 | On the basis of its much smaller jaws and teeth and enlarged cranial cavity , scientists have assumed that this being was the tool-maker . |