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Meanings of hypothetical case in English

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Usage of hypothetical case in English
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He put it in the form of a hypothetical case, naming no names.
The Hidden Places
2
In this instance a hypothetical case is not called for.
The Postmaster's Daughter
3
But Lyons had a good hypothetical case.
Cities in Flight
4
We needn't make it a hypothetical case.
The Grafters
5
I'm going to state a hypothetical case with no names mentioned and no questions asked, or answered.
The Lost Road
6
But I'll put a hypothetical case.
The Breaking Point
7
She spoke of her struggle with Emmet as it she were stating an hypothetical case for his dispassionate consideration.
The Mayor of Warwick
8
Now, although I have been putting a hypothetical case, you must not suppose that I have been reasoning hypothetically.
Lectures and Essays
9
That was a hypothetical case, arising out of Sir Leicester's unconsciously carrying the matter with so high a hand.
Bleak House
10
I'll take a hypothetical case.
The Breaking Point
11
He called them all "Mister," and occasionally flattered them by presenting a hypothetical case for their consideration.
A Hoosier Chronicle
12
So that, while they use his authority in a hypothetical case, they reject it in the very case before them.
American Eloquence, Volume 1 / Studies In American Political His...
13
Mr. Gresley did not perceive that the hypothetical case was not "on all fours" with the real one.
Red Pottage
14
The authors use a hypothetical case to illustrate how decisions about language services may evolve over the course of an interaction.
Pubmed
15
I have taken the liberty of consulting a lawyer about it, of course laying it before him as a hypothetical case.
Queed: A Novel
16
What common sense would lead us to expect in the hypothetical case of an alien man, has happened for the woman worker.
Mobilizing Woman-Power
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