Sentence examples for questioning the assumption from inspiring English sources

Maybe because the recession has shifted peoples' values, Mr. Ghesquiere seems to be questioning the assumption that luxury is couture fabrics and embroidery.

But more recently, some health care safety experts have begun questioning the assumption underlying the report's conclusions: that only health care systems, and not individual clinicians, could be held accountable for medical mistakes.

Ed had recently written a Guardian article questioning the assumption that all art is leftwing, arguing that artists such as Damian Hirst are entrepreneurs and the epitome of rightwing, capitalistic thinking.

However, Ms. Royte missed an important point: When toilets consistently rank among the most water-guzzling household appliances, why aren't we questioning the assumption that our waste must be flushed away?

Teachers' salaries and job security are part of what the teachers are asking for; but they are also trying to limit class size, calling for increased in-school counseling services, and questioning trends toward standardized testing, as well as questioning the assumption that low test scores are always and everywhere caused primarily by bad teaching.

In Mr. Bloomberg's budget, in his policies, even in the example he is setting by riding the subway to City Hall most mornings, he is questioning the assumption that New Yorkers with cars should be able to take them where they want when they want with few hindrances -- other than the heavy traffic created by too many other drivers doing the same.

Earlier in the evening, I saw him at a bookstore in Central London, coolly questioning the assumptions of the predominantly white British audience.

Just to try one more time, I am not questioning the assumptions he is making, I am questioning why he is assuming part of the policy will do something it doesn't currently appear to be designed to do.

Feminists in the West were questioning the assumptions on which the patriarchal nuclear family was based and looked to anthropology for examples of alternative arrangements from contemporary non-Western societies.

The approach initially is to get people questioning the assumptions and approaches they make before engaging with a situation and to challenge them, freeing them to take a fresh approach to their tasks.

A department with a closed mind stops questioning the assumptions that underpin its actions and a narrow group of priorities increasingly monopolise the time and resources of a government's educational leadership.