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But although in those days we liked to hypothesise a lot, our conclusions lacked the necessary conviction that would lead to action.

Hisham Matar | Embedded or The Silent Countenance of Suleiman al Dewani 2011

I'll hypothesise instead that intelligent conservatives stop giggling at the back are going to lean towards professions and careers they see as more lucrative than teaching, science, engineering and so on.

Liberal bias: science writing's elephant in the room? 2011

In other words, the input yields its grammar without there being the need to hypothesise any “hard-wiring”.

X is for X-bar Theory « An A-Z of ELT 2010

Some of my colleagues rather fancifully hypothesise that they were created in a lab somewhere by some genius Frankenstein looking to unleash new life into the world.

Elegance « A Fly in Amber 2010

Darwin's theory does not address the remarkable stability of the various species, only attempts to hypothesise how things have changed from monocellular to remarkably complex organisms.

A Materialist Red Herring 2009

Two lovers at university hypothesise that mathematical axioms might have been a bit wobbly at the beginning of the universe, leading to other realities with different mathematical underpinnings.

MIND MELD: Memorable Short Stories to Add to Your Reading List (Part 2 of 2) 2009

One might hypothesise, therefore, that Adrian has learnt something from his yachting research, which can be applied to good effect in setting-up a Formula 1 car for wet-weather conditions.

Archive 2009-05-01 Gordon McCabe 2009

If he was going to entertain outlandish theories, he might as well hypothesise that Logan and his kiddie-porn chums had been behind this Sanderson bloke's murder, as it would lend credence to their claims of innocence.

It's October, 1956. Shelagh Power-Chopra 2010

For example, we can hypothesise that a significant turbine farm could shorten the stream's effective area by a couple kilometres; this would then affect that area by -- for example; there are infinite possibilities here -- causing a flow of cooler water into it.

Nagourney: "Don't Believe Everything You Read On Drudge" 2009

We can compare the genetic makeup of the founder population to the genetic makeup of the population we hypothesise is a new species.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009