Sentence examples for Premise from inspiring English sources

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Premise

verb

To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.

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The premise is simple.

The first, based on the premise of retaining yes and no as response options, is the format currently in the referendum bill.

As Maggie O'Farrell put it in her Guardian review: "The stories wrap themselves around the wholly disconcerting premise that catastrophes can rear up in anyone's life without warning".

CROSSY ROAD iOS/Android (freemium) The most addictive mobile game in recent memory, this takes the road-crossing premise of arcade classic Frogger, then runs (well, hops) with it.

"In addition, the executing officer or a person assisting is empowered to leave a warrant premise temporarily and subsequently re-enter to continue the execution of the warrant in certain instances where, for example, the occupier returns home and the covert nature of the warrant is at risk.

The premise of the show is that Adam West plays an out-of work actor who used to be a cop on television.

With polls suggesting that a guiding premise of Obama's foreign policy – "Don't do stupid shit" – fell out of favour with the American public almost two years ago, the questions 19 months from Election Day start at Foggy Bottom and spread across the globe: how far might candidate Clinton go to distance herself from secretary Clinton?

To let French studies go the way of classics – a museum piece for specialists – would not only be an act of cultural vandalism, but also a direct attack on the premise of social mobility in Britain.

He should look beyond Muslims | Deepa Iyer and Linda Sarsour "We must never accept the premise that they put forward because it is a lie.

But their calculation is based on a false premise.

It's made out of teacups and dolls and at one point it opens a garage door using a trombone and an ironing board!" And you'd be right – in fact, it was inspired by Rube Goldberg, with the premise being that girls' toys are too pink and boring, and don't unleash a child's creativity quite like toys for boys.

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