"sound assumption" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when someone is making a statement or generalization that is based on reasonable evidence. For example, "It is a sound assumption that life on Earth is interconnected."
These and other restrictive criteria have been the reason for allowing hedge funds to operate with far less S.E.C. regulation than mutual funds, on the sound assumption that the rich and powerful can look after themselves.
Let's start with what is a sound assumption: there are gay girls in Damascus, a city of more than a million and a half people with — at least until the regime started shutting things down — strong international connections.
It offers a menu of of tax credits aimed at easing the burden of heating costs and encouraging conservation -- and, unlike the Senate's slapdash proposals, it begins with the sound assumption that New Yorkers will need help at the thermostat next winter more than they need help at the pump now.
By Amy Davidson Sorkin June 13 , 2011Let's start with what is a sound assumption: there are gay girls in Damascus, a city of more than a million and a half people with — at least until the regime started shutting things down — strong international connections.
This is a sound assumption, given the fact that eligibility criteria for FMGs have remained relatively stable since the onset of the reform.
This is also a sound assumption, since we observed very minimal changes in PHC organizations other than FMGs and NCs during the post-reform period, extending from March 2003, which is the date of the first FMG's accreditation, to April 2010, which is the time of the second survey.
Henceforth, we shall make a number of other simplifying yet practically sound assumptions, so that the technicalities would not be too complex.
The model accounts explicitly for the effect of both pH and salt concentration, and its parameters can be determined in diluted conditions, that is, through physically sound assumptions, all model parameters can be obtained using solely experiments in diluted conditions, and be used to make predictions in overloaded conditions.
Such a monitoring procedure is part of the precautionary principle of GMP cropping and is mandatory according to the Directive 2001/18/EC [1]: 'Case-specific monitoring serves to confirm that scientifically sound assumptions, in the environmental risk assessment, regarding potential adverse effects arising from a genetically modified organism [GMO] and its use are correct.
Therefore, surveys with a broader scope and more objective indicators are required to prioritize these opinions and make sound assumptions about (cost-effective) benefits of introducing new tools.
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