Example sentences of "[vb mod] be assume [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Bayes ' postulate is that , when nothing to the contrary is known , the probabilities should be assumed to be equal . |
2 | Bayes ' postulate is that , when nothing to the contrary is known , the probabilities should be assumed to be equal . |
3 | If a car is unlawfully taken and then returned in a damaged state , it seems absolutely right that the person or persons responsible for taking it should be assumed to be responsible for causing the damage unless they can prove the contrary . |
4 | The concept , now referred to as ‘ universal precautions , ’ stresses that all patients should be assumed to be infectious for HIV , HBV , and other blood-borne pathogens . |
5 | in its statement of claim must be assumed to be correct . |
6 | The planetary guard of a godling despot must be assumed to be numerous and very well armed — though how well experienced ? |
7 | The New Historicists ' 'reciprocal concern with the historicity of texts and the textuality of history' would set up an exchange which might be assumed to be awkward . |
8 | This type of deformation causes no dilatation and so the observed effects may be assumed to be due to one causes only — structural rearrangements which do not cause a change of volume . |
9 | This asserts that the demand for a company 's equity may be assumed to be flat ( perfectly elastic ) for all practical purposes and hence increases in supply will have no discernible effect on the price . |
10 | Your salary is £8,250 exclusive of live-in benefits , which may be assumed to be equivalent to a further 20 per cent . |
11 | These ‘ leaders ’ may be assumed to be aware of each other 's power and reliably to report it . |
12 | When a sender judges her receiver 's schema to correspond to a significant degree with her own , she need only mention features which are not contained in it ( the time of getting up and what she had for breakfast , for example ) ; other features ( like getting out of bed and getting dressed ) will be assumed to be present by default , unless we are told otherwise . |
13 | One problem for the non-native speaker of English is to decide when a group can be assumed to be familiar . |
14 | The approximate savings per unit can be assumed to be 1 chef at £6,000 per annum per unit . |
15 | It would be unduly optimistic to assume that management skills have risen to a level such that costs undertaken can be assumed to be equivalent to value . |
16 | In this chapter , however , we are focussing attention on the behaviour when the effect of such departures can be assumed to be slight . |
17 | Other than in such cases of clear juxtaposition , dots can be assumed to be purposeful when there is graphic consistency , and especially when such consistency is combined with gentle expression . |
18 | Subroutines are usually written to be " transparent " to the calling routine ; that is , the processor registers such as accumulators and condition codes can be assumed to be unaltered by the subroutine call , unless they are explicitly part of the subroutine linkage . |
19 | The compressibility of the solvent is equal to the molar volume of the solvent in solution , V 1 , and can be assumed to be unchanged over a small range of pressures , thus giving |
20 | All rates of pay quoted can be assumed to be gross , i.e. inclusive of employer 's contributions etc . |
21 | As we noted , in the canonical situation of utterance , with the assumption of the unmarked deictic centre , RT can be assumed to be identical to CT ( Lyons ( 1977a : 685 ) calls this assumption deictic simultaneity ) . |