Premise:
"You see, up to the very last minute, I thought it was Lawrence!" Poirot grinned. "
Hypothesis: This whole time I had thought Lawrence was responsible.

yes

Premise:
"When third parties compete with the Postal Service, however, in highly automated operations such as applying barcodes with optical character readers and sorting barcoded mail, a wage premium would seemingly not be a very significant factor."
Hypothesis: The Postal Service faces significant competition with third parties.

yes

Premise:
"but i i agree right now they're not i don't believe they're a large threat right now i think there's always some threat"
Hypothesis: I think we are in a very precarious situation right now.
no