Example sentences of "assumed [that] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the United States it is assumed that citizens have the right to know and it is up to the government to prove in court that certain types of information should not be disclosed . |
| 2 | Although it is assumed that birds have not a highly developed sense of taste , both tits and blackbirds , despite any flamboyant coloration to attract them , recognise Sturmers as worthy of attention , and those out of reach , when harder weather prevails , will , as in former winters , attract both fieldfares and winter-visiting blackcaps . |
| 3 | Until now it was assumed that sites deep underground provided a stable environment for buried waste . |
| 4 | As they have always been properly declared , I have assumed that goods below a certain value must be duty free . |
| 5 | It has been assumed that goods and services were traded by exchange , although relative values would have been complicated and difficult to agree . |
| 6 | It is usually assumed that teachers and heads are held to account but whether they are accountable to resource providers ( ratepayers , taxpayers , policy makers , administrators ) , customers ( pupils , parents , employers ) , or their professional colleagues , is ill-defined . |
| 7 | In this country , it is often assumed that teachers are a law unto themselves once they are inside the classroom and that it is their professional training and sense of professional responsibility that are the chief influences on their practice . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Most studies which have attempted to establish laws about reaction time have assumed that stages ( a ) and ( c ) are relatively short and consider that effectively all the time is taken up by central processes . |
| 10 | It can not be assumed that women over 65 would have had an adequate screening history and therefore can be forgotten , or that there is no point in regular follow-up of older patients . |
| 11 | Indeed , it is often assumed that women are the ‘ natural ’ carers , and that such work is n't quite suitable for a man . |
| 12 | If they are placed in secondary roles , or it is assumed that women 's identity is to be found in mothering , then the fact of their presence reinforces a certain understanding of the feminine . |
| 13 | Only the unmarried mother was given specific mention ; for the rest it was assumed that women would follow their husbands . |
| 14 | For simplicity it is assumed that tastes and income are identical between residents , and therefore , once again , this is a ‘ representative individual ’ for the locality . |
| 15 | It has typically been assumed that firms act perfectly competitively and that all markets clear . |
| 16 | Nor should it be assumed that siblings who have lived apart , sometimes married , for many years have broken these profound childhood links which shaped their attitudes to each other . |
| 17 | So also , it must not be assumed that Ministers and civil servants regard judicial decisions as necessarily embodying the ultimate wisdom , especially where those decisions limit their powers . |
| 18 | ( It is assumed that members have read them . ) |
| 19 | It has also been widely assumed that members do not want to involvement in the policy-making process and that they join the party primarily for personal or social reasons . |
| 20 | Establishments were obviously catering for a different market in the evening , and it can be assumed that customers were prepared to spend more time and to pay more for a different ‘ meal experience ’ . |
| 21 | It is often assumed that employers take advantage of the demand for positions where interesting work , pleasant conditions and a high degree of job satisfaction are reckoned to make up for low pay . |
| 22 | The claim that status frustration is the motivating factor also suffers from a middle-class bias , in that it is assumed that delinquents cherish middle-class status goals , such as educational success . |
| 23 | I was n't naive enough to expect the goodies to win every time , but over the long-haul , and certainly in the last reel , I sort of weakly , vaguely , wetly assumed that things would come right . |
| 24 | Further , it is assumed that farmers ' output prices are unaffected by changes in fertilizer input prices , which is reasonable given the use of fixed prices for agricultural products under the auspices of the EC 's Common Agricultural Policy . |
| 25 | Third , in all the campaign reports , it is assumed that canvassers do not have the time to discuss politics or local or personal grievances with voters on the doorstep during an election campaign . |
| 26 | It is accepted that not every ‘ foul ’ committed in breach of the rules amounts to a crime , and it seems to be assumed that players do , and may lawfully , consent to physical force over and above the minimum permitted by the rules . |
| 27 | The army list has provision for a number of characters without specifying who they are or where they come from within Ulthuan — it is assumed that players will like to create their own names and background histories for their characters . |
| 28 | In the past , it has been assumed that nurses have already developed these skills when leaving school , or that they are acquired whilst providing patient care . |
| 29 | Because in the past , upper-class unionists have been less than staunchly committed to the defence of traditional loyalism , it is assumed that others who acquire elements of upper-class status , such as a university education , will themselves be more moderate than their uneducated elders . |
| 30 | It might perhaps be assumed that families sending girls to be compositors would be those where there was some interest in books , but the evidence is very fragmentary . |