Example sentences of "be [vb pp] on the assumption " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expected numbers of cases are calculated on the assumption that the true rates are the same as those for England and Wales . |
| 2 | The above analysis has been undertaken on the assumption that individuals have similar tastes and similar incomes ; i.e. we have used the assumption of a ‘ representative ’ individual . |
| 3 | At the time , Eurotunnel said the contracts had been placed on the assumption passengers would stay with cars , but that the rolling stock could be altered , if required , by the Safety Authority . |
| 4 | The acquisition of volatiles by the terrestrial planets is a subject which , in the main , has been developed on the assumption of an accretionary mode of planetary formation rather than a protoplanetary mode ( section 2.1.5 ) . |
| 5 | In fact , all our theories of science are formulated on the assumption that space-time is smooth and nearly flat , so they break down at the big bang singularity , where the curvature of space-time is infinite . |
| 6 | There has been a further growth in the importance of information technology , to the state where entire curricula have been revised on the assumption that students coming up from school can programme quite complex computers within their first year . |
| 7 | The offline operations are designed on the assumption that there will not be constant manning of the physical units used to mount the offline media . |
| 8 | Domestic cabinets are designed on the assumption that they will not be opened frequently . |
| 9 | These libraries , large and small , are organised on the assumption that people come to them as a knowledge materials distribution centre , knowing what they want . |
| 10 | Under existing company law , accounts are prepared on the assumption that the company is a going concern , but there is no explicit requirement for directors to satisfy themselves that this is a reasonable assumption to make , by , for example , preparing a cash flow forecast . |
| 11 | Finally , it is evident that Duguit 's theory of law is far removed from those theories which are built on the assumption of the priority of individual rights . |
| 12 | The court held that the seller was not liable for non-delivery of the goods because the contract had been made on the assumption that the crop would materialise . |
| 13 | The derivation of ΔS M from the lattice theory has been made on the assumption that no heat or energy change occurs on mixing . |
| 14 | The proclaimed ‘ non-alignment ’ of Vietnam , Kampuchea and Laos may have been reassuring to a certain extent to the non-communist five , but neutralisation as a strategic concept had been anchored on the assumption that the Indo-Chinese war would end with the survival of non-communist , neutral regimes in South Vietnam , Kampuchea and Laos and that the overall balance of forces in Southeast Asia would remain decisively in favour of the non-communist states . |
| 15 | His upbringing , education and training had been based on the assumption that in any situation his class were the natural leaders . |
| 16 | The search for signs of God in nature had often been based on the assumption that the two books had been written in essentially the same language . |
| 17 | The problem with the conclusions in both sets of experiments is that they are based on the assumption that we can infer when an experience occurs from a subject 's verbal report . |
| 18 | Rational approaches are based on the assumption that organisations have clear objectives and resource allocation is organised in a systematic way to facilitate the achievement of those objectives . |
| 19 | The figures in the table are based on the assumption that you are acceptable at the ordinary rates of premium . |
| 20 | The figures in this table are based on the assumption that you are acceptable at the ordinary rates of premium . |
| 21 | A number of explanations for urban economic decline are based on the assumption that jobs and/or industrial investment have moved out of the cities because of prevailing production costs and the problems associated with the older urban cores . |
| 22 | This point is also significant in a broader context : spatial explanations are based on the assumption that the urban — rural shift is due primarily to company relocations in response to physical pressures . |
| 23 | Many of society 's institutional arrangements are based on the assumption of stable prices , and institutional arrangements are often very slow to change . |
| 24 | In addition to reinforcing our general conceptions concerning the underpinnings of liberalism , economic theories , which are based on the assumption of ‘ rational economic man ’ , highlight especially the notion of human beings as self-regarding creatures which underpins liberal theories in general . |
| 25 | All of the findings we report are based on the assumption that this questionnaire can accurately and reproducibly detect a change in anxiety , even when the same questionnaire is administered twice with just one hour between each assessment . |
| 26 | The arguments for treating disturbed , delinquent and deprived children alike are based on the assumption that the child is the product of his or her home and not a totally separate responsible individual . |
| 27 | The following considerations of Council Tax structures and staffing levels are based on the assumption that ‘ Office Power ’ ( or some similar package ) and Imaging system is provided and available before the end of the 1992 . |
| 28 | These interpretations , however , are based on the assumption that there were no effects of subjective risk in Study 2 . |
| 29 | Some part of the scrapped capital stock would still count in the statistics , since these are based on the assumption of a constant scrapping rate ( a constant economic life ) . |
| 30 | They note the fact that sight-lines in shared spaces are restricted on the assumption that drivers will be slowed by uncertainty . |