Sentence examples for based on rumour and from inspiring English sources

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The story was based on rumour and police statements.

Even so, in early October 2008 Irish officials were insisting to the US embassy that they did not foresee any need for a government bailout of the banks and blamed "herd mentality" based on "rumour and innuendo" for creating the need for the blanket guarantee of deposits.

His comments come a few days after the RFU released a statement which read: "These [reports] are incorrect and are based on rumour and speculation, not fact".

A sackpardew.com campaign spokesman cited five league wins in 2014 as one reason for the fans' disquiet, adding: "'Mass hysteria' implies that it's delusion based on rumour and irrational fear.

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To express doubts about the heir apparent based on rumours and wild conjectures is not the way to initiate debate about the issue.

He said the case was based on "rumour upon rumour" and "sustained by a bias investigation that refused to believe that Cairns might not be guilty".

Many of the prosecutions were based on rumour or falsified evidence, and there were few Romans who were so honoured or so powerful that they did not need to fear the attack of the delatores on any suspicion, or on none at all.

"There is a lot of speculative stuff which, as far as one can tell, is based on rumour," said Paul Wilkinson, director of the centre for the study of terrorism and political violence at St Andrews University.

Journalists delved deep into her sexual history, running stories based on rumour.

Al Thawadi described calls for a possible review of the decision as an "absolute outrage", adding: "If there is evidence, investigate the evidence, but if there is nothing there and it's based on rumours…".

"Boys will be boys and they find innovative and almost constantly new ways to get out of work or, again these are often based on rumours… how to leave the service and get a medical discharge so I think some of them might think that's a way out".

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