Sentence examples for hypothetical prospect from inspiring English sources

In the interest of civilian control and political neutrality, it's not O.K., as I understand it, for those in uniform to openly oppose administration policies — even unannounced ones (as when Adm. William J. Fallon was pushed into retirement recently after speaking out against the hypothetical prospect of using military force against Iran).

The hypothetical prospect of Stoner coming back to challenge Marquez is a mouthwatering one but on current form even the double world champion - generally regarded as the most natural talent of his generation - would struggle to keep pace with the young Spaniard.

In two appeals from state courts, the Taney Court considered, and rejected, double jeopardy claims arising from the hypothetical prospect of prosecution by the federal and state governments for the same conduct.

While the US media shower attention on the hypothetical prospects that in the next few years, Amazon.com will deploy clever little drones to deliver your holiday orders, it is important to take a hard look at what these airborne robots are actually doing now.

As for Mr. Murphy, IU Health's chief executive, he said that while he did not want to think too much about changes that were still hypothetical, the prospect of losing the Medicaid expansion made him anxious.

Other founding fathers were "at once hopeful and cynical": they considered giving full rights to Muslim citizens, but only because the prospect appeared purely hypothetical.

But as a hypothetical excursion, let us say that Islamism -- the prospect of an Islamic renovatio -- is assured.

The psychologist Jonathan Haidt has found that nearly everyone is repelled by the prospect of brother-sister sex, even in hypothetical situations in which there is no chance of pregnancy (here).

"The prospect based on Scarborough's own words still seems hypothetical and remote," a Politico spokeswoman told HuffPost.

Say a hypothetical 82-year-old man with metastasizing prostate cancer and poor prospects is told by his doctor that does not qualify for euthanasia.

Only religion offers the prospect of "a second life" – even if that future, in the novel, remains hypothetical.