Example sentences of "[conj] it should [adv] [be] assumed " in BNC.

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1 2.41 He went on to say that it should not be assumed that the wife 's dependency ought to be calculated on the footing that it would have ceased when her husband ceased earning before he reached 65 .
2 However , it is worth noting that this task of leading housegroups is one of the most difficult in the whole church and it should not be assumed that everyone will be able to do it .
3 The outcome is quite unknown but Ceolred was unquestionably the invader and it should not be assumed that Ine won .
4 The policy of buying off the raiders may often have seemed sensible , and it should not be assumed that he was always criticised for it , even by those who provided the money .
5 Timothy Langdale , QC , counsel for Guppy , said he had had high expenses in recent years and it should not be assumed ‘ that there is some pot of gold stuck in some foreign country ’ .
6 She is right to draw our attention to the importance of signalling in both ‘ actual living and theatre ’ , but it should not be assumed that the same kinds of signs are employed in these two contexts .
7 The defection of southern Democrats was essential , but it should not be assumed that this came about automatically , As Stockman makes clear , a whole series of ad hoc coalitions involving many unreliable allies had to be painstakingly constructed .
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