Sentence examples for on the hypothesis from inspiring English sources

We named a hypothetical organism, RETA, based on the hypothesis that these proteins define one single bacterial species.

But in 1998, astronomers making radiotelescope observations of the nebula cast doubt on the hypothesis.

Geometry built on the hypothesis of the acute angle has the same consistency as Euclidean geometry.

"At this point the detectives are working on the hypothesis that it was another accidental shooting," he said on Wednesday, "and someone is just afraid to come forward".

He could not find the coming and going between French and British Ministers explicable except on the hypothesis that something was being cooked up.

We're working on the hypothesis that spice has hit the streets since it became illegal to sell it through the high street specialist 'head shops'".

They folded their towels and moved off, so I closed my eyes on the hypothesis that it would make me calmer.

They therefore conclude that estimates of damages based on the hypothesis and on share-price movements will be overstated.

This would cast doubt on the hypothesis that it is marriage itself that causes this altered behaviour.

Fresnel, however, based his theory on the hypothesis that light waves are propagated in an all-pervading ether.

Moreover, data from clinical trials based on the hypothesis suggest that it has real value for patients.