Sentence examples for under a theory from inspiring English sources

We simply can't hold people indefinitely without charge under a theory of permanent war.

But under a theory of loss aversion, the second way of presenting the bonus should work better.

The publishers suggest that their databases could be liable only under a theory of contributory infringement, based on end-user conduct, which the authors did not plead.

Under a theory he enunciated in 2006 for The Fulton County Daily Report, an Atlanta legal and business newspaper, he said that he, like all children, had been a law student from a young age.

His finding will prevent Iridium creditors from recovering at least some of the $3.45 billion they claim Motorola owes them under a theory that it was liable for Iridium's collapse because it saddled the unit with debt and a poor business plan as consumers shunned its bulky, expensive phones.

During the same month, the report says, the Bush administration also ended the secret domestic surveillance programs against Iraq it had begun the year before under a theory that Iraqi spies were "engaged in terrorist activities and presented a threat to U.S. interests in the United States and abroad".

Under such a theory, The Times would be seen as the victim of a crime.

The first case filed under such a theory, in 1997, was not successful.

Under such a theory the absolution and reinstatement of the king meant the renewal of land and people.

Under such a theory, they said, all a defendant had to do was "expand the scope of the class of people he wants to kill in order to prevent him from being tried".

In general we will follow the Tarski-Popper usage here and call any set of sentences closed under consequence a theory, and we will assume that each proposition we deal with is identified with the theory it generates in this sense.