Premise:
"me i'm in the legal department and um we do have uh a group of attorneys who handle our environmental issues"
Hypothesis: I work in the legal department, and there's a team of lawyers that smooth over any environmental issues we have.

it is not possible to tell

Premise:
"oh Agatha Christie how about John D McDonald uh John D McDonald you ever read him"
Hypothesis: Have you ever read anything by John D McDonald?

yes

Premise:
"In terms of the purposes of the study-finding out what was stressful to the women and why the incidence of mental health problems among them was so high-the case study method disclosed the importance of any change in life circumstances as a source of stress rather than merely confirming change that the observers might have thought stressful a priori."
Hypothesis: Finding out what was calming to the women was important to the study.
no