'shape a theory' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you are discussing the development of an idea or concept, usually based on existing evidence. For example, "After reviewing the data, we were able to shape a theory about how the two species interact."
Overall, these features contribute to shape a novel biological theory that is still waiting for a cogent formulation [ 28].
Denton's previous books, including "The Bluegrass Conspiracy" and "The Money and the Power" (written with Roger Morris), have sometimes concerned organized crime and cabals, and here she shapes an unconvincing theory that Douglas's campaign may have been sabotaged when Mob associates "embedded" the lawyer Paul Ziffren in its finance operations.
In order to keep the theory as simple as possible, we assume the vessel to be of cylindrical shape, and we use a theory for thin-walled structures.
Based on the above purpose, this paper makes a systematic investigation and analysis on the developments of shape theory models, shape control means, shape detection technology, and shape control system in the past 10 years.
From their answers, a theory took shape: His patients' pain was real, but it wasn't really caused by slipped disks, pinched nerves or old football injuries.
A theory of shapes and colors functioning independently of objective imagery, articulated in "On the Spiritual in Art," was one of Kandinsky's great contributions, and it has evidently inspired Mr. Ilachinski's "Interaction" series.
Meta-study uses meta-theory to describe and deconstruct the theories that shape a body of research and to assess its quality.
We develop a theory to predict the shapes of localized eigenvectors and our theory generalizes to describe eigenvectors that are only partially localized and show multiple peaks.
Scrutiny, like evidence, is something that occurs within a theory and will have a theory-specific shape.
This paper introduces a novel optimization method for BIPV shape development based on the shape grammar theory.
