Example sentences of "assume [that] [adj] [noun] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Option two — investing the trust fund in real assets instead of government paper — also assumes that honest book-keeping will embarrass politicians into spending less . |
| 2 | The MEC assumes that all students will continue for honours , if eligible , unless informed otherwise by the student . |
| 3 | So , for example , s 24 assumes that all partners may take part in the management of the business , that no person can be introduced as a partner without the consent of all the existing ones , that all the partners are entitled to share equally in the capital and profits of the business and must contribute equally towards the losses sustained by the firm . |
| 4 | More seriously , its calculation assumes that surplus cash can be invested to yield a return equal to the IRR , which may not be realistic . |
| 5 | Instead , the bank assumes that such schemes will boost overall economic growth and exports , thereby providing the necessary foreign currency receipts . |
| 6 | Whilst its coverage of public affairs ‘ news ’ was not comparable to the Daily Mirror — the amount of space devoted to such news declined between 1927 and 1937 by 59 square inches or 5% — that decline is one of 19% if one assumes that that content should have expanded in line with the expansion of total editorial space . |
| 7 | It is dependent on the stability of existing states of affairs since it assumes that future situations will be predictable replicas of those in the past . |
| 8 | Finally , it almost invariably assumes that substantial improvements can be obtained with the same resources . |
| 9 | He clearly has a highly unrealistic view of human nature if he assumes that sexual activity will only take place when progeny is desired . |
| 10 | A part , of course , assumed that certain favours would be forthcoming , especially as her reputation , in the newspapers , was in tatters ; Mr Poole did not use so graphic a word , but his hands continued to make free of Dinah 's body , and soon she rose and shook out her skirts . |
| 11 | The Werner Report of October 1970 mapped out a stage-by-stage plan to achieve economic and monetary union ( EMU ) by 1980 , although it concentrated more on monetary union and assumed that economic union would automatically follow . |
| 12 | Several of the earliest proponents of intelligence testing assumed that such tests would show substantial differences in intelligence between races . |
| 13 | This theory was elaborated at length by Marx for capitalism but he also assumed that similar phenomena would occur in non-capitalist systems . |
| 14 | Central government assumed that typical IIAs would be up to 50 hectares in size , and that the programme would last about 3–5 years . |
| 15 | Abolitionists assumed that social deference could be a valuable impulse to support for reform . |
| 16 | That may cause practical problems in detecting the consequences , but this is a thought experiment after all , and we can assume that technical ingenuity will prove equal to the task of providing adequate amplification of the signal . |
| 17 | Malcolmson ( 1984 : 126 ) argues that ‘ an essential feature of the world Williamson is interested in [ … ] is not one in which one can simply assume that economic efficiency will win out in the end ’ . |
| 18 | Unlike incremental/line-item budgeting , ZBB does not automatically assume that existing programmes will continue in succeeding years . |
| 19 | The financial forecasts do not assume that such funds will be available , but reflect the position as it is expected to be on the basis of reasonably firm government funding projections , with Management Studies developing slowly and with no major physical developments other than those funded by outside sources . |
| 20 | We can not assume that these interpretations will be made in the same way in all cultures and in all languages , so understanding how interpretation proceeds in the culture of the language we are teaching is crucial if we are to help foreign learners to make their words function in the way that they intend . |
| 21 | We can not assume that these interpretations will be made in the same way in all cultures and in all languages , so understanding how interpretation proceeds in the culture of the language we are teaching is crucial if we are to help foreign learners to make their words function in the way that they intend . |
| 22 | " An ambassador " , wrote an anonymous author of the early seventeenth century , " must not permit or allow anyone to challenge or in any other way offend the honour of his Prince on any subject at all " , while more than sixty years later Wicquefort could still assume that ceremonial niceties must be an essential preoccupation of any diplomat . |
| 23 | If one big building society can fall foul of the rules , then you can not assume that any lender will get its advertising right . |
| 24 | Could my service assume that any minutes would only be distributed as ‘ Top Secret ’ ? ’ |
| 25 | By intervening in this way , one can reasonably assume that this request can be regarded as making an exception to the general rules — implicit or explicit — of identification . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | This is somewhat surprising , since it would be reasonable to assume that domain-specific dictionaries would contain the most appropriate collocations for domain-specific documents . |
| 28 | Because we think it so characteristic of human activity , we tend to assume that tool-using behaviour must demand special , exceptional intellectual skills . |
| 29 | It is of course idealistic to assume that all mothers will do everything they possibly can to ensure that the child-bearing period is a success ; such is not human nature . |
| 30 | The main argument against any method which preserves the gall bladder is stone recurrence but to assume that all patients will develop stone recurrence is incorrect . |