Sentence examples for built on a theory from inspiring English sources

Houston's potent offense was built on a theory that decent players could score at an excellent rate if they did not have to face so many defenders.

The survey is built on a theory of innovation management that encompasses five basic concepts: ideas, people, transactions, context, and outcomes.

The single genetic network hypothesis is built on a theory developed by Belyaev, 72 whereby reduced stress levels in the domestic environment leads to hormonal responses that reset gene expression patterns.

The model builds on a theory, called pebble accretion, that explains the formation of cores.

The method is built on a classical theory.

An entire specialty in sociology is built on a structural theory developed by Amos Hawley in Human Ecology (1986).

Tom Loveless, a former Harvard professor who is an education policy expert at the Brookings Institution, said the Common Core was "built on a shaky theory". He said he has found no correlation between quality standards and higher student achievement.

Tom Loveless, policy expert at the Brookings Institute, stated that the Common Core standards were "built on a shaky theory".

And because Hot Wheels cars are built on a 1 64 scale, "in theory, they could be made for real," he added, which led to the idea of "imagining everything on a life-size scale".

(1) To the best of our knowledge, this study is one of the very few (in India and elsewhere) related to motivation of MOs that is built on a ranking exercise based on a theory of work motivation (proposed by Herzberg) to identify factors of motivation for in-service MOs to continue with their present jobs.

Were they so built on one theory that they weren't able to shift when that theory wasn't working?