Sentence examples for be based on circumstantial from inspiring English sources

"It can also be based on circumstantial evidence".

The risk is that the determination would be based on circumstantial impressions — perhaps only on rumors, race, or religion.

Mr. Arnold said the case against Mr. Brooks will be based on circumstantial evidence because Mr. Brooks "made every possible effort he could to cover up his crime".

One difficulty for prosecutors, say those who have written books about the case, is that there is no damning forensic evidence to link Mr. Skakel to the killing, so their case must be based on circumstantial evidence.

He said the prosecution case against Mr Shivers was based on circumstantial evidence.

Most criminal convictions are based on circumstantial evidence, although it must be adequate to meet established standards of proof.

Judge Kenneth Ryskamp of Federal District Court in West Palm Beach, Fla, found that the S.E.C.'s case against Mr. Ginsburg, who is now the chairman of Digital General Systems Inc., was based on circumstantial evidence.

But in outlining the evidence that prompted those conclusions, they also repeatedly acknowledged that they had been based on circumstantial, fragmentary data.

Mr. Padilla's lawyers say the charge is based on "circumstantial allegations" and describe his weapons research as "limited to looking at an unnamed Web site".

But the charges against Mr. Gupta are based on circumstantial evidence linking Mr. Gupta's knowledge of confidential Goldman information to trading by Mr. Rajaratnam.

The prosecution's case was based on circumstantial evidence and depended almost entirely on the fact that Hill had gone to a doctor to be treated for a gunshot wound several hours after the murders had occurred.