Sentence examples for hypothetical statements from inspiring English sources

The optative, on the other hand, is used for wishes and hypothetical statements.

A 15-page report featured hypothetical statements suggesting what Abe might say to make amends for Japanese actions in China and Korea.

Described as a "house-warning gift" by its author, Seth Kaufman, "If You Give an Architect a Contract" (Sukuma Books) adapts the style of Laura Joffe Numeroff's 1985 illustrated classic in presenting a series of anxiety-provoking hypothetical statements about home renovation.

This article explores a new statistical approach to link actual and hypothetical statements.

Moreover, he also identifies certain statements as "categoroid", namely those disjunctive and hypothetical statements which do not express double judgments.

Like Ryle he thought of beliefs and desires as to be elucidated by means of hypothetical statements about behaviour and gave the analogy of the horsepower of a car (Place 1967).

1993) (suggesting that there was a jury question as to falsity when a television broadcast used a district attorney's allegedly hypothetical statement in a context that suggested he was assessing the actual conduct of a specific criminal defendant, but ultimately deciding on other grounds).

The first is to present an appropriate translation scheme in terms of which each ordinary mathematical statement S is taken as elliptical for a hypothetical statement, namely: that S would hold in a structure of the appropriate kind.

In the case of singular terms, similarly, what is of relevance is referential use.[10] The notion of application, hence, is more narrow than that of use, since we use our terms in a wide variety of ways that do not include the expression of judgments, as when we ask a question or make a hypothetical statement (see Millar 2004: 162).

So far, our data shows that signers consistently looked upward when indicating a hypothetical statement.

This hypothetical statement is in accordance with the results of the enrichment analysis that highlighted signaling pathways most regulated by PI3 kinase and known to be involved in the regulation of muscle mass.