Sentence examples for long presumed that from inspiring English sources

Human rights lawyers and longtime activists in Hong Kong say they have long presumed that the government has been tracking them, especially by tapping their phones.

AccuWeather's decision raised the eyebrows of many seasoned meteorologists, who have long presumed that any detail in a forecast that far ahead owes more to imagination than science.

Washington has long presumed that the world's democracies will as a matter of course ally themselves with the United States; common values supposedly mean common interests.

Astronomers had long presumed that if they looked out far enough beyond the Local Group of galaxies to which the Milky Way belongs, galaxies would be spread more or less evenly.

Archaeologists long presumed that LBK agriculture involved slash-and-burn techniques, in part because it was thought to be a necessary response to the region's low soil fertility and in part as an explanation for the culture's rapid expansion.

Realists have long presumed that the country's security is defined by the stability of its alliances with the governments of other countries, even if those governments are odious; by this thinking, your interests can sometimes be served by befriending leaders who share none of your democratic values.

For a sting to register, however, the skin it punctures must have the porousness of reality, and the skin of this novel is a lacquer of charming faux-naïve effects, recalling an England so long presumed lost that the losing of it, again, comes as no surprise.

Long et al. presume that, in CC cells, low expression of CHL1 leads to activation of the MAPK and PAK pathways, which affects downstream molecules contributing to cell growth, migration, and invasion [ 51].

When Maxtla, of the rival Tepaneca clan, murders his way to the throne there are heavy hints of Richard III. There's even a touch of King John about an Aztec king's discovery that a boy, long presumed dead, is still alive.

One example: "Chinese executives and managers often presume that local authorities will be able to force local residents to comply with decisions to relocate their homes... and may mistakenly presume that, as long as they have reached an agreement with the appropriate government authorities, the local communities and other actors will comply with the decisions".

Long presumed dead, Lucia's father, Andre Duran, has contacted her to say that he is living with a group of political refugees in the city.