on the assumption that

The government’s latest figures break down the impact using the threshold of £1.5m, not £1m, explaining to BBC Verify that this was chosen based on the assumption that an individual estate’s standard inheritance tax reliefs of £500,000 would be added to their new £1m allowance.

Running our campaigns on the assumption that we can win with their votes alone has failed as well.

Operating on the assumption that 4B amounts a "sex strike," it's easy for opinion writers to shrug it off as ineffectual and unlikely to gain momentum.

But Social Security is designed to replace a bigger chunk of lower-paid workers’ incomes compared with higher-paid ones, on the assumption that lower-paid workers have a harder time saving for retirement.

"According to their drafters, these rules rest on the assumption that certification of election results by a county board is discretionary and subject to free-ranging inquiry that may delay certification or render it wholly optional," Democrats claimed in a brief ahead of the trial, USA Today reported.