Example sentences of "is assume that [noun] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inference seems to work roughly like this : assume B 's utterance is relevant ; if it 's relevant then given that A asked a question , B should be providing an answer ; the only way one can reconcile the assumption that B is co-operatively answering A's question with the content of B's utterance is to assume that B is not in a position to provide the full information , but thinks that the milkman 's coming might provide A with the means of deriving a partial answer . |
| 2 | And this is assuming that Venus is travelling in exactly the same plane as the Earth 's orbit , which it probably would n't be . |
| 3 | Note : It is assumed that DECNET is available on the machines on which LIFESPAN is to be run . |
| 4 | As religious beliefs can not be proved scientifically they are to be doubted , for it is assumed that religion is just a matter of subjective opinion . |
| 5 | At low levels of arousal it is assumed that attention is divided among many cues so there will potentially be some memory for all cues . |
| 6 | Within this " quantitative paradigm " ( see Romaine 1982 ) , it is assumed that variability is inherent in language and " variable rules " give the best account of the frequency with which one or other variant is used within a particular group . |
| 7 | It is assumed that LIFESPAN is accessed via user USER1 with password USER1 . |