Sentence examples for not on fact from inspiring English sources

Real philosophy (Back to big, Editorial 5 June) is concentration not on fact, which it respects, but on the logic of ordinary intelligence: 1) clarity, usually in the form of analysis; 2) consistency and validity; 3) completeness.

The chief operations officer added: "In the past decisions were made on emotion, not on fact and the fact comes down to the balance sheet.

The link to the scam caused Nomura shares to fall, though the bank denied involvement, claiming it was "based on speculation and not on fact".

"But when you're in court, the allegations will be that the decision was originally based on fact and has been changed not on fact".

"I realized that decisions are made on feelings about facts, not on facts themselves," he said.

In other words, the government's so-called damage assessment is based entirely on guesses, not on facts or evidence".

Ultimately, the inflated claims fuel a death race in which aid and action are based not on facts but on which advocacy group yells the loudest.

Many pundits argued that the "hyper-democratizing" force of the Internet had helped usher in a "post-truth" world, where people based their opinions not on facts or reason but on passion and prejudice.

"Advocates base their arguments not on facts but on speculation".

Speaking in Brussels before a summit of the EU's 27 leaders, he said such criticism was based not on facts but political opinion.

This example shows that whether takings are morally problematic depends not on facts about the initial physical distribution of goods, but on whether these actions take from or give to people or groups things that are rightfully in their possession.