The phrase "a basic premise is that" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to introduce a fundamental idea or assumption that underlies an argument or discussion.
Example: "A basic premise is that effective communication is essential for successful teamwork."
Alternatives: "a fundamental assumption is that" or "a core idea is that".
To achieve this goal, AAM takes a holistic approach to therapy because its basic premise is that progressive loss of homeostasis leads to functional decline and an increased risk for development of intrinsic disease, ie, the commonly called "diseases of aging".
The basic premise is that light entering through a tiny hole can display inverted pictures of the outside world in a darkened room.
The basic premise is that, as long as you're over 18 – police may ask to see ID – you can work as a sex worker without fear of arrest.
Future projections depend on multiple assumptions, but the basic premise is that past trends, affecting as they do the risk of death from cancer in specific generations and/or time periods, will be carried forward into the future.
Future predictions depend on multiple assumptions, but the basic premise is that past trends, affecting as they do the risk of cancer in specific generations and/or time periods, will be carried forward into the future.
"One of Rand's basic premises is that man has free will," Wildavsky is saying, "which is expressed primarily through a single choice: to think or not to think".
In reversing that determination, this Court summarized the six critical facts in the case: "We are here confronted with a decision whose basic premise is that these prisoners are entitled, as a constitutional right, to sue in some court of the United States for a writ of habeas corpus.
The idea of a replacement player is a debated one, but the basic premise is that if a team lost a player, it would use a bench player or a call-up from Class AAA to replace him.
The Nuwaubian system of beliefs is too convoluted to sum up in a sentence, but the basic premise is that while some races share a common ancestor with modern apes, dark-skinned humans were born of an ancient, superior alien species.
