"assumption" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Since the mechanism by which equilibrium is attained is not in general specified (although see Tobin, 1955, Solow, 1956, and Meade, 1961), it is a heroic assumption.
- But the major candidates either pretend the problem does not exist, propose to hand it to a commission, or wish it away with heroic assumptions about economic growth.
- There are obvious reasons why not, but its absence contributes to a continuation of failed projects because authors make heroic assumptions and quantify them to produce fanciful targets.
- As others have pointed out, there must have been some pretty heroic assumptions made about how people would have voted under the different systems.
- He said the deal had "not been made on heroic assumptions about revenue" and stood "on its own merits".
- Econometric studies, although based upon some heroic assumptions, suggested a positive effect upon most EC macro economic measures.
- The deal had "not been made on heroic assumptions about revenue," Miles Roberts, DS Smith's chief executive, said.
- Mark Stobbs, the organisation's director of legal policy, said: "We have been through the department's impact assessments and there seem to have been some pretty heroic assumptions made."
- They've made some heroic assumptions.
- Every chancellor makes "heroic assumptions" when presenting a budget or - as George Osborne did today - a mini-budget in mid-year.
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