Sentence examples for presumption than from inspiring English sources

But her life has probably given her far more practice at presumption than his has given him.

His first run, in 1988, after he had spent just a few years in the Senate, was less an act of youthful presumption than a hurried attempt to win the White House in his father's lifetime.

Ms. Grant's Claire is just a bit more annoying in her yuppie presumption than necessary, as though to underscore the stereotype, though she brings a note of being cowed by her little sister that wasn't present before.

The document to be released Tuesday after months of study led by the Defense Department will declare that "the fundamental role" of nuclear weapons is to deter nuclear attacks on the United States, allies or partners, a narrower presumption than the past.

In yet other formulations, Sperber and Wilson define the Principle of Relevance as the thesis that there is a presumption that the speaker is communicating something maximally (or optimally) relevant (see e.g., Sperber & Wilson 1987: 704; 1995: 2004f; 2004: 612); on this take, the principle is more akin to Grice's cooperative presumption than to his Cooperative Principle.

Few things are more epic, in their presumptions, than Joyce's "Ulysses".

What made this contribution so important was the widespread presumption that scientists, rather than being bound by preconceptions, were open-minded in the sense of always questioning inherited ideas.

The issue is important in asset protection planning because an Article of Faith (read: a presumption that more often than not is just flat wrong) has evolved among some planners involving self-settled spendthrift trusts a/k/a "domestic asset protection trusts" or "DAPTs".

Legislative regulations concerning competency are established on a strong presumption that persons older than a certain age are competent, whereas younger persons are not.

Although law is established on a strong presumption that persons younger than a certain age are not competent to consent, statutory age limits for asking children's consent to clinical research differ widely internationally.

Since law is established on a strong presumption that persons older than a certain age are competent, whereas younger persons are not, it is decisive that a fixed age-limit for alleged competence is generally in accordance with children's developmental stages.