Sentence examples for it presumed to from inspiring English sources

He also read books on church history and, he said, "was appalled at the behavior of the church while it presumed to teach all of us moral behavior".

Early rock'n'roll might have struck ageing ears as the sound of a hedonistic revolt, but the desires of the youth that it presumed to channel were conventional and even conformist.

Now it presumes to extend its ambit to the way the Internet operates.

'It is phallic because in its exhibition of penises it presumes to know, to possess an adequate expression of the truth of 'sex' ― as if sex were as unitary as the phallus presumes itself to be.

The U.S., for centuries viewing Latin America as its own "back yard" which it presumes to have the right to dominate, opposes that process of liberation, and would like to reverse it.

Though it presumes to know the mind of its characters, the book does stick to biblical sources for its dialogue.

The true scorn of the right is for the people it presumes to represent.

A nice idea, but I'm afraid that "Brüno" feels hopelessly complicit in the prejudices that it presumes to deride.

It presumes to tell us that we have an obligation to others, especially the old and the young and the weak.

The French say this would constitute a "hidden trigger" because it presumes to know what the Security Council will decide without giving it yet another chance to examine Iraq's behaviour.The possible compromise would allow both sides to save face.

"I understand the desire to act out of pity for the widow er)," said Sid in Santa Monica, Calif., "but it presumes to know what's best for him/her, and I find it implausible that one can know that".