Example sentences of "[be] assume that the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It can therefore be assumed that the Soviet commanders are fully aware of the situation , if not totally in control of it .
2 Nor should it be assumed that the young teachers of 30 years ago were all aspiring members of the working class .
3 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 .
4 It is to be assumed that the general circumstances of the market remain unchanged throughout this period ; that there is , for instance , no change in fashion or taste , no new substitute which might affect the demand , no new invention to disturb the supply .
5 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 .
6 Since this was also a period of great affluence , it can only be assumed that the wealthy customers who commissioned the Kamares cups — aristocrats and priestesses among them — could now afford cups of precious metal instead .
7 By the autumn of 1946 the Chiefs of Staff on both sides of the Atlantic were assuming that the two nations would work together in the event of a global war .
8 ( That is assuming that the United Nations sorts out the regulatory problems . )
9 It is assumed that the two defendants have committed some crime at a stated time — say between 10 and 11 p.m. last Wednesday — and have set up an alibi .
10 Above it is assumed that the marginal costs of increasing output are themselves increasing .
11 It is governed by the difference equations ( from ( 9–13 ) , ( 9–14 ) and ( 9–15 ) ) , It is assumed that the random terms , and , are independent across individuals , and that the population is sufficiently large that we can replace sample moments by the corresponding population moments , in this way moving from a stochastic to a distributional model .
12 In this approach , it is assumed that the initial conditions are determined by the functions and which represents the wave in region II as it reaches the boundary , and by which represents the wave in region III as it reaches the boundary .
13 The approach which is adopted in this book , and which is described in this introductory chapter , is a variety of ‘ contextual ’ approach : it is assumed that the semantic properties of a lexical item are fully reflected in appropriate aspects of the relations it contracts with actual and potential contexts .
14 It was assumed that the following variables would influence issuance ( bearing in mind that the level of issuance observed results both from demand and supply influences ) .
15 Rationalisation and reform were felt to be needed , and it was assumed that the resulting improvements would benefit all the interested parties .
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