Example sentences of "[vb past] be [vb pp] on [art] assumption " in BNC.
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| 1 | His upbringing , education and training had been based on the assumption that in any situation his class were the natural leaders . |
| 2 | The court held that the seller was not liable for non-delivery of the goods because the contract had been made on the assumption that the crop would materialise . |
| 3 | At the time , Eurotunnel said the contracts had been placed on the assumption passengers would stay with cars , but that the rolling stock could be altered , if required , by the Safety Authority . |
| 4 | But he described the Soviet abandonment of bases on foreign territories as a demonstration to other countries of a ‘ real way of alleviating international tension ’ , which had been grounded on the assumption that ‘ the NATO countries , and the USA in particular , would follow its example ’ . |
| 5 | The proclaimed ‘ non-alignment ’ of Vietnam , Kampuchea and Laos may have been reassuring to a certain extent to the non-communist five , but neutralisation as a strategic concept had been anchored on the assumption that the Indo-Chinese war would end with the survival of non-communist , neutral regimes in South Vietnam , Kampuchea and Laos and that the overall balance of forces in Southeast Asia would remain decisively in favour of the non-communist states . |