Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [be] assumed [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A widespread factor is found where real or suggested expertise is involved in a transaction and where at the same time it may be assumed that the customer is ignorant about what it is he is paying for . |
| 2 | On the vertical axis is plotted the recorded rate of increase of money wage rates , and it may be assumed that the rate of inflation can be closely associated with these rates of wage change because wages are usually the largest component of costs . |
| 3 | It may be assumed that the impulse of cruelty arises from the instinct for mastery and appears a period of sexual life at which the genitals have not yet taken over their later role . |
| 4 | It may be assumed that the manufacturer 's motive is his own advantage . |
| 5 | In evaluating the commercial possibilities of options , it should be assumed that the parties will act in accordance with their economic interests , but account should not be taken of courses of action which the parties would take only in the event of a severe deterioration in the creditworthiness of the issuer . |
| 6 | Where crops are grown , therefore , it must be assumed that the aim is for as high a yield as possible . |
| 7 | In calculating the amount of Housing Benefit , regulations stipulate that it must be assumed that the student is in receipt of the full grant . |
| 8 | In view of the level at which responsibility for parents and the community was allocated , the pace at which action was taken , the apparently arbitrary way in which membership of the working party was decided and the omission from its membership of key figures in the area of home-school links , it must be assumed that the formulation of an LEA policy in this area was a matter to which the Authority attached a rather low priority during this period . |
| 9 | In the absence of any legislative indication one way or the other , it must be assumed that the offence may be committed in public and in private . |
| 10 | It must be assumed that the title was properly investigated at the time of the purchase by the husband and wife . |
| 11 | For example , if x=4 , and there were 20 labelled cells in a population of 1000 cells , it could be assumed that the cell population represented 20/4 , or five hemicrypts . |
| 12 | Where a capital sum is paid to the settlor in the year of assessment by a body corporate connected with the settlement in that year it shall be assumed until the contrary is shown that an associated payment of an amount not less than the amount of the capital sum has been made to that body corporate by the trustees of the settlement ( s678(7) ) . |
| 13 | It will be assumed that the trader is long in the far contract and short in the near contract ( a bull spread ) . |
| 14 | In the absence of any stated preference it will be assumed that the candidates will be willing to be considered for either appointment . |
| 15 | It can be assumed that the proposals were drawn up by David Garrick . |
| 16 | It can be assumed that the degree of power and authority of each role holder increases towards the apex of the hierarchy . |
| 17 | Alternatively if the student was in rented accommodation on a 12 month lease it can be assumed that the student is not temporarily away from home . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The random selection of cases is an approximation to experimental randomisation if it can be assumed that the population from which the sample is drawn is homogeneous : a reasonable assumption when dealing with a population of seeds , plants , germs , etc . |
| 20 | The licence may be for a fixed , perhaps renewable , period of time or there may be no mention of duration , in which case it can be assumed that the licence will last as long as the software is subject to copyright protection . |