Sentence examples for assumed the reason from inspiring English sources

But few assumed the reason it would be meaningless: because the Colts' playoff spot had already been clinched.

The documents he requested were almost always provided, he said, and when they were not he assumed the reason was that the F.B.I. needed to protect an informer.

"We always assumed the reason had to do with overt discrimination," Jeff Browne, the PPF's executive director told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

We assumed the reason was that some participant's occlusion was worn down because the material of provisional restoration was resin.

I always assumed the reason was aesthetics, but, by design or luck, most establishments gravitate toward curved or tapered beer glasses.

Perez assumed the reason for the added instruction was that he and his wife have a rule that everyone speak Spanish at home.

Most Americans assume the reason Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed was simply to prevent a costly invasion of Japan.

This was, I assume, the reason that Lionel Shriver immediately followed her Orange Prize-winning We Need to Talk About Kevin with her earlier, vastly inferior, Double Fault.

Anyone who has ever dieted knows that lost pounds often return, and most of us assume the reason is a lack of discipline or a failure of willpower.

I can only assume the reason women are criticised for it has something to do with frustration: spectators have the aural experience of a terrific bang without the physical part to accompany it.

Considering his lack of power last season, which could easily be attributed to the far fences of Citi Field, one might assume the reason for the high strikeout totals lies in the fallout from Wright's trying too hard to yank balls out of his home park.