fair inference
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffairandinference
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fair
adjective
uk/feər/us/fer/
treating someone in a way that is right or reasonable, or treating a group of people equally and not allowing personal opinions to influence ...
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inference
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪn.fər.əns/us/ˈɪn.fɚ.əns/
a guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that ...
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(Definition offairandinferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffair inference
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That is also afairinferencefrom historical fact.
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I do not think that would be afairinference.
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This gives ground for thefairinferencethat the number of pilots does bear a very distinct connection with the progress of aviation generally.
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It is afairinferenceto say that the retention of that gentleman's services was not desirable.
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That is not afairinferenceto draw from my answer.
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It is afairinferenceto say that if those precedents were in their favour we should hear more about them.
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I am only trying to do what he did and reach afairinferencefrom such facts as are known.
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Is that afairinferenceto draw?
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Would that be afairinference?
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It is only afairinferenceto draw that a man in that position is either the editor of the particular newspaper or the author of the particular article.
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I think this is afairinference.
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That may not be an entirelyfairinferenceto draw, but it seems to emerge from the way in which the matter has been dealt with.
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That is a perfectlyfairinference.
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That is not afairinference.
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Is it not afairinferencethat we can reduce the present prison population without being overwhelmed by a further increase in the crime wave which would totally disrupt society?
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At any rate, it is afairinferencethat there is a definite and deliberately protective intention in some of the duties which have been introduced.
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I am advised that an average increase of 15 eggs per hen since the period immediately before the war would be afairinferencefrom such data as are available.
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That is probably afairinference.
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Instead, the court will continue to use afairinferencefrom the law to determine if damages are authorized.
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He stated that the majority had devised a new test: whether liability could be allowed on afairinferenceof congressional authorization.
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