In the ecological literature, two types of inferences seem particularly vulnerable to indirect evidence: inferences following studies on species that are accepted or strongly promoted as bioindicators of changes in marine productivity such as the black-legged kittiwake, and inferences that implicate a fisheries-induced reduction in prey availability to failed breeding.
Also, from "x is a yellow bird" and "a bird is an animal" we do not hesitate to infer "x is a yellow animal," whereas no similar inference seems warranted in the case of "x is a good singer" and "a singer is a person".
Yet the power of the tree, even by inference, seemed palpable.
The inference seemed to be that such evidence, if it existed, could only come out of wiretapping.
The inference seemed obvious: an economically conservative opponent with strong ties to the casinos posed a grave threat, but a social conservative did not.
The inference seems to be that the evidence concerning the prior arrest should not have been received at the hearing on the motion.
The inference seems to be that double taxation-by two states on the same transfer-should be sustained in order to prevent escape from liability in exceptional cases.
The inference seems to be 'oh you're not ready yet... here's a little bit of development money, go away and practise a bit more until you're ready'".
In this context, it seems a reasonable inference that the McAlpine catastrophe resulted from a misguided effort to re-assert the show's editorial masculinity by leading on a sensational investigation.
The refusal to rank heartened each bidder; Vancouver noted that the panel picked fewer nits with its plan than the others' and, by inference, seemed to make it the first among equals.
The inference seems clear at first: this is a comically "Freudian" emanation from the unconscious of the figure on the couch – except that this initial schematic response won't exhaust the collage.
