Sentence examples for presumptive in from inspiring English sources

The term – presumptive in meaning and unfactual, given Australia's UN human rights commitments to refugee intake – was seized upon to legitimise xenophobia as an act of (false) justice.

Because of his intelligence and character he had been the obvious favourite of his grandfather, who had designated him heir presumptive in preference to the other royal princes.

She became heir presumptive in December 1936 when her father ascended to the throne as King George VI after the abdication of his brother, Edward VIII.

Well, that conclusion would be presumptive in the extreme given that the youngster is captain, adored by the supporters and still in contention for a first Serie A title.

I think they were very hasty and very presumptive in the action they took.

As they had no children, Mary's younger sister, Anne, was designated their heiress presumptive in England and Scotland.

MRI results led to a modification in presumptive diagnosis in 46 patients (48%), and altered the management plan in 17 (18%).

In presumptive males in controls, the testes had a single point of attachment to the mesentery, forming the sperm duct.

Correspondingly, Tgfb3 and Mmp13 are expressed in the presumptive MEE in the anterior and middle regions of the secondary palate, expression in the posterior region being patchier.

King William lacked legitimate children (two girls having died in infancy) and Ernest was now heir-presumptive in Hanover, since the British heir-presumptive, Victoria, as a female could not inherit there.

Thus, in asexual germaria, orb transcripts were detected in oocytes but not in presumptive oocytes; whereas in sexual ovaries, these transcripts were detectable only in cells that probably corresponded to presumptive oocytes but were not detectable in mature oocytes.