Sentence examples for stronger propositions from inspiring English sources

That is, if a question meaning contains a certain proposition α, then it must also contain all stronger propositions β ⊆ α.

Honeyblood's 2014 debut would have been a stronger proposition had it not been so indebted to Best Coast's brand of upbeat surf-indie.

"Possibly," says Horne. "But we have a stronger proposition in music now than MTV, and a good stake to the claim that MySpace can really start to define a generation in the same way MTV once did".

England batsman Eoin Morgan says New Zealand will be a stronger proposition with Ross Taylor back in their squad.

"This transaction provides Takeaway.com with a stronger proposition for both consumers and partner restaurants in the German market.

Thus neg-raising, as Anselm recognized, yields a virtual contrariety: the compositional meaning is true but too weak, and the addressee recovers a conversational implicature to "fill in" the stronger proposition.

As the game wore on Sarries became a stronger proposition and with the hour mark approaching scored their second try when full-back Goode put a clever kick through for Strettle to go over in the corner.

In some cases, the strengthened or neg-raised contrary reading may become salient enough over time to block the literal interpretation, as when French Il ne faut pas partir literally = "one needn't leave" (an O vertex modal)—can now be used only to express the stronger proposition that one must not-leave (E vertex).

Even so, the movie is, by definition, a stronger proposition than the book because it strips away the oodles of cringe-inducing descriptions and internal monologue that tip the text heavily toward self-parody.

Council and business leaders in each of the cities will be asked to put forward proposals to "unlock" potential for growth in their areas with the "strongest propositions" being taken forward.

"Anyone can see Primark has got a strong proposition out there as people are looking for value for money.