Example sentences of "[be] to assume that [noun] " 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 | The first trap for young reporters is to assume that responsibility for a libel can be avoided if it is made in an attributed quotation . |
| 3 | One way of regarding the problem of disseminating innovative teaching practices is to assume that teachers have some kind of mental picture of the paths taken by their pupils ' developing minds as they move through a topic ( topic x ) towards a state which may be thought of as ‘ understanding X ’ . |
| 4 | The most common treatment of the bequest motive is to assume that bequests enter the lifetime utility function ( e.g. , Yaari , 1964 , 1965 ) . |
| 5 | The easiest way to introduce technical progress is to assume that factors become more effective over time , e.g. , that one worker can do the work that two did a decade ago . |
| 6 | To ask them is to assume that Mr Jones next door holds the same opinions and follows the same practices as Mr Smith across the road . |
| 7 | But this is to assume that humans have a natural capacity to recognise and reflect on their interests , and that they will only stand so much injustice . |
| 8 | One way to reconcile the results was to assume that monopoles move relatively slowly , at only 0.1 per cent the velocity of light or less . |