Example sentences of "be [adj] assume [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the private decision-makers require a large risk premium , or on average a high expected return , before being willing to assume such risks , why should society demand any less ? |
| 2 | Only 20 per cent , however , were willing to assume any responsibility for payment of teachers ' salaries . |
| 3 | In fact the Allies were ill-fitted to assume this responsibility and unlikely to find solutions to problems that were largely of their own making . |
| 4 | Second , because such information would have to be expressed lexically , it is likely to assume more importance in the target text than it does in the source text . |
| 5 | However , it is reasonable to assume that interpretation of all discourse , whether written or spoken , involves the integration of successive ideas into an organised whole . |
| 6 | However , it is simplistic to assume all readmissions are indicative of poor patient care as some readmissions are planned . |
| 7 | It is plausible to assume that case and thematic systems in these simple examples and also in more complicated cases are interrelated , that the case and thematic structure changes from a to b are not independent . |