Example sentences of "[vb mod] assume [that] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must assume that this sentence is meant ironically because it says nothing other than what can be inferred from the preceding sentence : Pemberton registers this completely obvious fact , the location of the illness , from Mrs Moreen 's somewhat overdramatized confidentiality . |
| 2 | And since Pooh knows what bees look like , we may assume that this observation is a good one : the belief the bees give him ( namely , that they are bees ) will be true . |
| 3 | We shall assume that this deviation is a random variable , , with mean of zero and constant variance , . |
| 4 | Let us now consider ( 39 ) where the word plastered follows its noun ( again , an attributive interpretation is possible in principle — Clara might be an offensively wealthy tourist who travels round Italy trying to buy buildings and parts of buildings to take home as souvenirs ; but we shall assume that this meaning can safely be left out of account ) : ( 39 ) Clara wants the façade plastered It at once becomes apparent that this may specify either an event , with the façade on the receiving end of it , or a state which Clara wishes to see existing in the façade . |
| 5 | I will assume that this information satisfies your requirements , unless I hear to the contrary . |