The phrase "a premise is" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it in any context where you are introducing a premise as a statement or idea. Example: A premise is that all humans are created equal.
When a premise is irrational, the actions that follow from it are likely to be irrational as well.
Such a premise is sure to earn some flak from certain Beatles fans who "don't feel that the Beatles and business are topics that mix comfortably," Mr. Cassidy says.
The publicity material for the broadband network provider "Superfast Worcestershire", for instance, explains that the speed "is affected by the distance that a premise is located from its serving cabinet" (how intriguing that sounds!).
While the assumption of independence across the channels seems appropriate enough, there are situations when such a premise is practically inadequate.
The theory of reference Putnam uses as a premise is a causal one, which states that 'one cannot refer to certain kinds of things, e.g., trees, if one has no causal interaction at all with them, or with things in terms of which they can be described' (Putnam 1981 16 177).
This resulting pattern could represent a preliminary indicator of potential competition between U. virgata (or perhaps other native grasses) and woody vegetation that could ultimately limit the ability of the grass to disperse in the long run, but investigating such a premise is beyond the scope of this study.
At the top of the page, a premise was written in red felt-tip pen: WHAT IF NO WARS.
Given that if a premises is visited by a catching team, then there must be a movement on the same day between the premises and a slaughterhouse, these movement data also include movements of birds from premises to slaughter.
A premises was designated as infected if one or more species on the premises was infected.
The model assumes independence between days so that the last time a premises was visited is not accounted for.
