Example sentences of "we might suppose " in BNC.
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| 1 | We might suppose that this universal process played some part in the attraction of the Free Presbyterian Church . |
| 2 | Naively , then , we might suppose that all bodies of water throughout the world would be evenly packed with living things . |
| 3 | On the analogy of a choice of means we might suppose that he would choose in terms of principles which are behind his ends as the ends are behind his means , and as before would resist as bias all spontaneous inclinations in either direction . |
| 4 | We might suppose from this that Weber is merely echoing Marx 's theories , but in fact Weber emphasises the importance of the market as the economic basis for class much more than property . |
| 5 | " Slips of the pen " happen more often than we might suppose and certainly do not necessarily indicate carelessness , idleness or ignorance . |
| 6 | We might suppose that we could pin down which slit the electron goes through by mounting the slits independently so that the one that deflects the electron onto the screen will signal this by recoiling . |
| 7 | But we might suppose it impossible to provide an effective global argument of this type . |
| 8 | For instance , we might suppose that a belief is justified iff in certain circumstances ( to be spelled out ) it would be knowledge . |
| 9 | Yet even here the actual extent to which the rural landscape was altered is considerably less than we might suppose . |
| 10 | If a dove meets a dove , neither will fight ; but we might suppose that they settle the contest amicably in such a way that each has an equal chance of winning . |
| 11 | Fragment VII , comprising the Shipman 's , the Prioress 's , " Chaucer 's " , the Monk 's and the Nun 's Priest 's Tales , can be seen as a group of consistently recalcitrant texts : texts which somehow contradict the expectations that may be brought to them , either in the light of the genre to which the tales belong or in the light of the character of the teller as we might suppose we know it before the tale is told . |