Sentence examples for brave assumption from inspiring English sources

That's a brave assumption when applied even to those countries where statistics are reliable.

Suppose the growth of defence spending were indeed held to the rate of inflation (a brave assumption), but that other kinds of discretionary spending grew as fast as they did in the (fiscally stringent) 1990s.

But who were they?Jones said that he could figure this out if he just looked carefully enough, which seemed like a brave assumption, given the deep undercurrents of tribe and clan, not to mention the way decades of war and occupation have left Afghans suspicious of outsiders and prone to telling them whatever they want to hear.

Making the brave assumption that opening up an economy to e-commerce will give a similar spur to productivity, and adding in the direct cost savings from procurement, the bank estimates that over time the Internet will boost the level of GDP by amounts ranging from 5% in Indonesia to an impressive 12% in Singapore.

Cameron makes some brave assumptions here about the capabilities of the Syrian opposition and extrapolates very optimistically from limited progress made by Kurdish forces so far.

There are some brave assumptions here – that senior managers who are good at leading one organisation will be good at leading several, which doesn't follow, and that there will be sufficient capacity and support to deliver robust improvements in clinical quality without destabilising services in the host organisation, which is far from certain.

Critics say it was based on some brave assumptions: that new coal would not face additional construction and legal costs, that government would underwrite the risk of future carbon pricing, and that wind and solar owners would have to pay to have two to three days backup on hand.

I see that they have become braver".

The assumption that only brave or reckless people undertake solo journeys off the beaten track is without foundation.

(A statement read, "The Tibetan Youth Congress also condemns all rueful assumptions that callously interpret these brave sacrifices as being pointless and unrealistic").

Even though there is a general assumption about Nepalese (Gurkhas) being physically strong and brave, there is no scientific finding to support or refute this.