Example sentences of "[be] assume that [noun] would [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Er , so there was a cost to the County Council , but I 'm assuming that members would support stepping in , in these circumstances .
2 In the general election of 1970 there had , for instance , been no discussion of the settlement issue ; it had been assumed that ujamaa would continue to be a voluntary movement .
3 Only the unmarried mother was given specific mention ; for the rest it was assumed that women would follow their husbands .
4 It was assumed that shareholders would have a long-term commitment to their company and that if there was a problem , it would be the directors rather than the shareholders who would change .
5 Built during a period of architectural optimism , when it was assumed that technology would triumph , it had been laid out in a series of oblong paved courtyards , surrounded by long , low , concrete-faced buildings , remarkable solely for their brutalism .
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