Sentence examples for assumption given from inspiring English sources

This is a fairly safe assumption given the designation of the FTAA as the extension of NAFTA.

That may be a false assumption, given that older people are less likely to switch jobs than younger workers.

Even that meager performance is contingent on stock markets and oil prices remaining stable -- no small assumption given the tension between the United States and Iraq.

This is a reasonable assumption, given that in the past six financial years the deficit has eventually been reduced by an average of £1.9bn.

The assumption, given her remarks and record over the past year, is that she sees an opportunity now, with the ranks of potential Republican presidential candidates so depleted.

They said they did not know where they were taken, although the widespread assumption, given the history of the regime, is that they were tortured and interrogated.

And that's assuming a defense lawyer uses such evidence — not always a safe assumption given the wide range of quality in the defense bar.

It's a reasonable assumption, given the frazzled double denim-clad dirtbag appears to be looking his way, but the killer has no way of knowing Toad is wasted on acid and tripping balls.

It is also predicated on the creation of 20 million square feet of office development -- the equivalent of 10 Empire State Buildings -- which may be a lofty assumption given the weak state of the market today.

In its examples, UPromise assumes that investments will grow at a rate of 8percentt annually -- perhaps an aggressive assumption given the recent performance of financial markets, which recently ended the best 15-year period in their history.

That was a speculative assumption, given the massive runup in housing prices between 1998 and 2006, and if you acted on it you were speculating, even if you described it to yourself by another name.