Example sentences of "assume that [adj] [noun] [am/are] " in BNC.

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1 The expectations hypothesis assumes that forward rates are equal to expected future spot rates ; in other words , where E ( ) is the expectations operator for the current period .
2 The mentalist assumes that mental states are irreducibly mental in virtue of the fact that in all their essential aspects they can be known only by " introspection " .
3 Because Gilligan assumes that rational subjects are the receptacles of moral values , she underestimates the extent to which the irrational strength of gender continues to influence the values she is trying to recast as simply ‘ human ’ .
4 Second , the training model assumes that all criteria are economic and unilinear , and rejects , by implication , the validity of social , cultural and indeed human concerns .
5 This manual assumes that all readers are familiar with the basic concepts of the VAX/VMS operating system such as UIC , privileges etc .
6 The manual assumes that all readers are familiar with the basic concepts of LIFESPAN and the VAX/VMS operating system .
7 The strategy assumes that educational institutions are neutral , when not only is the education system controlled by men , but it actively constructs gender and actively produces women 's subordination .
8 Using the actual values of S T and R M rather than their expectations assumes that these expectations are unbiased and that , on average , the actual values are equal to their expected values .
9 This , of course , assumes that these variables are causally related to sudden infant death syndrome and are independent .
10 We will assume that fixed costs are unavoidable .
11 Users of financial statements would wrongly assume that such paragraphs are a form of qualification .
12 Perhaps the most important point to make is that , as part of affirmatively assessing elders , we should never assume that unconscious processes are less important or less worthy of exploration than they are in other people .
13 But do n't assume that all policies are the same .
14 If , for example , we were to find the same results in the Social Attitudes Survey in the year 2006 , we could assume that these results are conditional upon age .
15 In this case , however , Jane Austen does not assume that past values are irrecoverable .
16 While it would be misleading to suggest that small firms are important across all manufacturing industries , it is also incorrect to assume that small firms are confined to traditionally labour-intensive industries like textiles , clothing , furnishing or ceramics .
17 Perhaps it would be reasonable to assume that 550 deaths are caused in England , Wales and Scotland every year by drunken driving .
18 But it would be a mistake to assume that Prime Ministers are necessarily mouth-pieces of their Lord Chancellors when making the most senior appointments .
19 Is it not patronizing to assume that ordinary Omanis are not interested in affairs of state and to imply that all the peoples of Arabia prefer strong leaders to participatory democracy ( Country Profile NI 173 ) ?
20 Drugs such as cannabis specifically affect short-term memory and therefore under-achievement in examinations and in other tests is a common indicator of drug use , although care must be taken not to assume that all under-achievers are necessarily on drugs .
21 It would , however , be totally wrong to assume that all apparitions are angels on assignment .
22 In either event it is no longer safe to assume that non-human animals are just small versions of us , so direct extrapolations are going to be a risky business .
23 We tend to assume that significant rituals are only found in ‘ primitive ’ societies and in state ceremonies such as the Coronation .
24 The result is that there is a tendency to assume that corporate management are adequately controlled by the shareholders in all companies , including the large public company .
25 Frequent legislative changes make it dangerous for advice workers to assume that any facts are unaltered and they must therefore always be encouraged to look things up afresh .
26 It would be wrong , however , to assume that these accounts are necessarily unsatisfactory and simplistic .
27 This is not to assume that these interests are homogeneous and without serious contradictions ( Chambliss 1981 ) .
28 Certainly it is not always correct to assume that older people are ‘ safe ’ in the hands of medical professionals .
29 In all cases except FEDV this criterion is satisfied since all other variables are dated t - 1 or earlier , and we assume that such variables are in agents ' information sets .
30 In the final section of Chapter 6 , we construct a simple model of inflation in which we assume that all prices are cost-plus prices .
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