"It is easy to assume that it can be solved by a messy political compromise between powerful states,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

"They can't just look at a product that says 'low grams of saturated fat' or 'low saturated fat' and assume that it's healthy."

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

Indeed,it's not clear what they have accomplished, but I think that it would be fair to assume that they haven't accomplished a lot."

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

"It would be absolutely wrong to assume that people's individual experience does not influence their thinking,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.31

No political bloc took enough seats to assume power and Western diplomats,among others, say it could be weeks,perhaps months before a ruling coalition could come together.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

Now,it seems sensible to assume that that assumption could be wrong.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

When the search began, a half-century ago, it seemed sensible to assume that as technological civilization increased on a planet, more and more signals would be broadcast into space.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

"It is complex difficult terrain, both the land and the people, it is a tribal society with a culture vastly different from what most of us are familiar with and it varies around the country, so you cannot assume what is true in one province is true in another,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.01