Sentence examples for actually assumed from inspiring English sources

For a long time there was no fixed rule as to the necessary or allowable number of sponsors, and sometimes the number actually assumed was large.

Moore actually assumed the Tories were going to lose the 1983 election, and that Labour would remove nuclear weapons from British soil – thus paving the way for the avoidance of nuclear catastrophe that engulfs the rest of his unhappy world.

When administration lawyers expressed worry that Mr. Obama had not actually assumed the presidency, a do-over was quietly arranged the next day in the Map Room of the White House.

Fumbling clumsily to button my suit coat as I stood in his presence, I was reminded of how different it is to talk with someone who has actually assumed the historical weight of the presidency, even if you've spoken with him before.

But she made a particularly strong impression on him in the spring of 2005, after he was appointed the next general manager but before he actually assumed the job, when he happened to see her and the Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón in a Viennese production of "L'Elisir d'Amore".

"We actually assumed that the players who have taken a pay cut would," he said.

Cake Boss could actually assume some of the organised crime credentials he clearly wishes he had in real life.

When we left our characters last year, the question remained as to who would actually assume a leadership role within Empire.

But other analysts doubted Stymiest, if named to the chairmanship, would actually assume the transformational role that activist shareholders are calling for.

My instinct is that it's better to keep the ratings agencies as heavily-regulated public utilities than have the government actually assume their function.

Pharmaceutical R&D, education materials, expansion in Nairobi – these are just causes, but are the recipients worthy of the gifts, given how little financial risk they're actually assuming?