The man in the Google vehicle reported that he assumed the bus would slow down to let the car out, and so he did not switch to the manual mode.

I am about to make things more complicated by suggesting that what kind of facility an older person lives in may matter less than we have assumed.

In contrast," the researchers continue, "many regulations that don't assume people make rational choices have been successfully applied to control alcohol, a substance — like food — of which immoderate consumption leads to serious health problems.

The biggest problem is that couples assume each other know what's going on with their finances, but they don't.

As long as you don't mind continuing to work, assuming your health allows, you should be OK.

We were not only assumed to be thieves, but brilliant, greedy thieves.

I am not a mathematician, but I assume the rise from 70p to 90p is a rise of 25 percent.

I assume you've got big plans then.

The article says many people tend to assume that innovation just means creating something new, but actually it's more than that.

This view assumes that rich societies will invest in environmental care.

In schools, teachers and pupils alike often assume that if a concept has been easy to learn, then the lesson has been successful.

People often assume that more money will make them happier

Back in the good old days—say, two years ago, when the last of my children suffered the ordeal (折磨)—a high-school student applying to college could procrastinate all the way to New Year's Day of their senior year, assuming they could withstand the parental pestering (煩擾).

Another question invites them to write about the importance (to them, agai of diversity―a word that has assumed magic power in American higher education.

Assuming that your teacher is neither biased nor corrupt and that her system conforms to school rules, you can't fault her ethics.

And the ice sheet was assumed to have been stable.

Many people assume that our attitudes are internally consistent, that is, the way you think and feel about someone or something predicts your behavior towards them.

Now, that's gross earnings, I assume.