Sentence examples for formally assuming from inspiring English sources

After the postmortems, a new era of banking regulation will be ushered in, with the Bank of England formally assuming new powers handed to it by George Osborne.

The restoration of relations with the US and an easing of travel restrictions are two key ways in which Raúl Castro has made his mark on Cuban history since formally assuming power in 2008.

TEN days after formally assuming Egypt's presidency, Muhammad Morsi, a Muslim Brother, threw down the gauntlet to the generals who are plainly still determined to have the final say in running the country.

Our correspondent says this could mean a delay in the opposition formally assuming the role of the new government and raise fears of a power vacuum in the capital.

He may have acted as suffragan, or subordinate bishop, to his predecessor Lyfing before formally assuming the bishopric, as from about 1043 Ealdred witnessed as an episcopus, or bishop, and a charter from 1045 or early 1046 names Sihtric as abbot of Tavistock.

Formally, assuming statistical independence between different cases, we model each new introduction as a Bernoulli trial with probability θ. θ is defined as the average probability that a case is attributed to human to human contagion, and 1-θ that it is the result of an infection from the reservoir.

Pifer formally assumed the Corporation presidency in 1967, succeeding John W. Gardner who left to become HEW Secretary.

However, the relationship could become much more complicated once Hamas formally assumes power.

Fernández de Kirchner formally assumed office on December 10 , 2007 to begin a four-year term.

John Flannery will not formally assume the job of chief executive of General Electric until August.

Mr. Trump has nominated Mr. Bernhardt to formally assume the position of interior secretary.