Sentence examples for first assumed the from inspiring English sources

When he first assumed the papacy, Francis made a series of what appeared to be stylistic changes.

When he first assumed the captaincy, it seemed that the position enhanced his scoring credentials rather than diminished them.

Ballard at first assumed the man was a "peeping Tom" because, he said "my girlfriend was walking around in the nude".

She said that when she first assumed the post, one of her admired predecessors, J. Edward Lumbard Jr., advised, "Be prepared to resign on principle two or three times".

In that court's view, the Compensation Clause is being violated on a continuing basis by the imposition of the taxes on judges who were free of them when they first assumed the bench.

Wildlife officials, who at first assumed the cat was a captive animal that had escaped its owners, examined its DNA and concluded that it was a wild cougar from the Black Hills of South Dakota.

First, assume the well isn't capped until December.

First, assume the discount applies solely to the low-margin good.

In the burn areas, and even places far from them, a visitor might at first assume the heavy air was the shroud of mist common along the coast.

The first assumes the classical cognitive framework, is well-known, and is based on the assumption that the brain is finite with respect to its memory organization.

We first assume the following.