Sentence examples for could not assume from inspiring English sources

But having chosen it, this LVMH-owned company could not assume that its position was neutral.

Magistrate Sherman said, however, that Mr. Ventura could not assume that he was the only confidential source.

That meant Barclays could not assume that its retained earnings over the years would push up capital levels.

Separately, Moody's further cut its ratings on six Dubai state-linked companies, saying it could not assume that the government would stand behind their debts.

I think this was his way of telling me that I wasn't responsible for the disease, and that I could not assume responsibility for the outcome either.

Justice Kennedy wrote that until that provision is put into operation, the court could not assume that it would be applied in ways that conflict with federal law.

I realised I had to explain things to people who I couldn't assume understood what I was thinking.

Although he could hope that his forces on the northeast might still defeat the 12th Corps, he couldn't assume such an outcome.

WHEN Peter Gumpel and his wife, Marcia Previti, both Manhattan architects, began looking at weekend homes in East Hampton, it quickly became clear that they couldn't assume the financial burden alone.

No one was exactly saying that you should walk around the house with a gun on your hip, but you couldn't assume that everything was going to be hunky-dory, either.

"When we designed the Science, Industry and Business Library in 1996," said Dr. LeClerc, who was the president of Hunter College before he took over the New York Public Library, "we couldn't assume the public would know how to use these new forms of information.