Example sentences of "we assume [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Thus , even if we assume that a significant proportion are well supported either by relatives or by services purchased with their own money , it is highly probable that personal social services see only the tip of an iceberg of unmet needs . |
2 | Too often we assume that a lower price makes the buyer happier . |
3 | This is because our ‘ taxi schema ’ contains a ‘ taxi driver ’ , and we assume that a taxi that arrives at our house has a driver . |
4 | The trap is that we assume that a broad market means a less specialised product at a low price . |
5 | An alternative notation which may sometimes be more convenient is ( 5 ) , with square brackets marking the fact that this word-meaning is taken to match an entity : If , however , the mind does not feel that BOTTLES is sufficiently specific to identify the target of its attention , then the identification may be extended as in ( 6 ) , where we adopt a plain arrowhead as our representation of qualification : We assume that a qualified entity remains an entity ( see Appendix B ) , and this can more conveniently be represented by our alternative notation as in : It is quite important to stress the retention of the same subscript i in ( 7 ) . |
6 | If we assume that a LECTURER can only teach one COURSE , and many LECTURERS teach on one COURSE , then the ‘ closed loop ’ shown in Figure 4.21 represents such a set . |
7 | Once again , pragmatism can be defended as providing a good fit with what judges actually do and say in hard cases only if we assume that a pragmatist would have noble-lie reasons for constructing and deferring to the best account of the principle underlying past cases in these situations . |
8 | We assume that every pattern has a meaning . |
9 | First , we assume that the neonate 's input systems deliver up more-or-less true information about the external world , telling a six-week-old , say , that although the ‘ retinal ’ image of a square piece of cardboard changes to a trapezium when it or the baby moves sideways , the shape really remains square , and enabling it to discriminate between changes in angle and changes in orientation . |
10 | To take a simple example : if we assume that the force of gravity permeates the whole material universe and that it is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between any two atoms anywhere , then two interesting propositions arise . |
11 | When we find that the experience of unemployment makes people more likely to contemplate breaking an unjust law , we assume that the reasons for this are general ; we suppose that the increased likelihood would operate for anyone who happened to undergo the experience of unemployment . |
12 | Either we assume that the whole universe is at the present moment in a very improbable state . |
13 | Or else we assume that the aeons during which the improbable state lasts , and the distance from here to Sirius , are minute if compared with the age and size of the whole universe . |
14 | This ability is accounted for most simply if we assume that the recruits have mental maps of the surroundings on which they somehow ‘ place ’ the spots indicated by the dances . |
15 | A further mystery is this : if we assume that the motive for building the monuments was a mixture of religion and astronomy , which way round did the process operate ? |
16 | If we assume that the relative risk is well approximated by the odds ratio , the percentage of cases that could be attributable to this genotype was 8% in the whole population and 35% in the low-risk group . |
17 | As model sensitivity studies showed only minor changes in NO in this range , we assume that the NO concentration remains constant at 3p.p.t.v . |
18 | As a first approximation , we assume that the cylinder deforms globally to become a squatter version of itself . |
19 | The probability of survival from birth to age 1 is J , and from age 1 to age 2 is A. For simplicity , we assume that the expected fertility is the same at both ages ( ) . |
20 | For simplicity , we assume that the effects of different loci multiply , and we neglect linkage disequilibrium and genetic variation , to derive approximations to the survival probabilities , give the optimal life history in the absence of mutation . |
21 | We assume that the store is randomly accessible ; that is , the time taken to access a store location in order to store or retrieve information is constant and ( in particular ) is independent of the particular location being accessed and of the location previously accessed . |
22 | At present we assume that the computer does only one thing at a time . |
23 | Here we assume that the right-hand bit position represents 2 or one , so that numeric values lie in the range zero to 2 n -1 , where n is the word length . |
24 | ( c ) In ( a ) and ( b ) we assume that the index register is large enough to hold both fields ; for example , the DEC PDP- 10 uses the two halves of a 36-bit accumulator . |
25 | ( d ) In ( a ) and ( b ) we assume that the modifier field is always incremented by one , but other arrangements are possible . |
26 | We assume that the matrix A is already in upper Hessenberg form . |
27 | For simplicity , we assume that the eigenvalues sought are all different . |
28 | Janet Kear writes — in Wildfowl World , No 84 — ‘ We assume that the peregrine is ‘ programmed ’ not to hunt near its nest ( if it did it might feed on its own young ) and that this immunity extends to the goose and its goslings . ’ |
29 | As nobody else is mentioned we assume that the speaker ate the breakfast herself . |
30 | Second , we assume that the study of strategic vision must take into consideration strategic content as well as the strategic contexts of product , market , issue , process , and organization . |