assuming

Ahead of him was a wait of at least three hours — assuming the ATM didn’t shut down from electricity cuts or run out of bills.

But as government control over the internet increases, fewer and fewer people will find ways to escape it - and that is assuming the internet is still available for them to try.

They’re just assuming there’s a lot of bad stuff about him the FBI turned up.

The jump means coffee drinkers might end up paying up to 7% more per cup, assuming cafes absorb some of the extra cost, he estimated.

Americans are well accustomed to ridiculously wealthy magnates assuming the same pose at their desks, or as Richard Branson did, on national TV.