Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] the assumption that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is easy for us to slip into the assumption that the institutional , professional and curricular structures with which we are familiar are somehow natural or inevitable . |
| 2 | Some of those who comment on subjects such as the safe disposal of nuclear wastes seem to work on the assumption that the relevant sciences and technologies are standing still . |
| 3 | This protects the public gaze from the true story and means that for a decade the authorities have been able to work on the assumption that what the eye does n't see the heart wo n't grieve over . |
| 4 | The British defence chiefs also felt able to work on the assumption that the USSR would not feel strong enough to risk war for several more years . |
| 5 | But Eisenhower and Dulles continued to work on the assumption that they could buy time with diplomacy , and with this object in view — especially in face to face meetings with the British — they were reluctant to lean too heavily on their ally . |
| 6 | It is unrealistic in these times to work on the assumption that profit sharing ratios , once fixed , are sacrosanct only ever to be changed when the number of partners changes . |
| 7 | Politicians seem to work on the assumption that the early bird catches the voter . |
| 8 | But there is a need to beware of the assumption that they have as direct an impact upon the political system as they do in the United States . |
| 9 | He quotes the report as stating : ’ … it is reasonable for mankind to behave on the assumption that all vertebrates are capable of suffering to some degree or another . ’ |
| 10 | Although it would have avoided the possibility of argument had Winchester made the application , I am content to proceed upon the assumption that the applicant has a sufficient interest . |
| 11 | You have to start with the assumption that each plant that you have built , however good of its kind or however modern , is already on the road to obsolescence . |
| 12 | Even at first sight the connotations of this expression are distinct , for it seems to rest on the assumption that in other circumstances the addressee would actually be entitled to more . |
| 13 | But when the proof comes it also turns out to rest on the assumption that it is already true . |
| 14 | The distinction between public law and private law interests seems to rest on the assumption that the latter are in some way more important and more worthy of protection than the former . |
| 15 | Clearly , there are further topics to be placed on the sociologist 's agenda when studying teachers ' work if we are to move beyond the assumption that we all know about teachers and teaching . |
| 16 | Every separatist movement in Europe that I can think of bases itself on ‘ ethnicity ’ , linguistic or not , that is to say on the assumption that ‘ we ’ — the Basques , Catalans , Scots , Croats , or Georgians are a different people from the Spaniards , the English , the Serbs or the Russians , and therefore we should not live in the same state with them . |
| 17 | In a fairly well ordered society , such as ours , one is justified to act on the assumption that , on the whole , our official organs , be they the police or any other governmental body , do their job properly . |