Sentence examples for basic premise was that from inspiring English sources

Park said his "basic premise" was that on any given day he would hope that around half the realistic medal opportunities would be converted into places on the podium.

Here the basic premise was that somehow, a sufficient energy supply would be available.

The basic premise was that Trevor, once the biggest of cheeses in the fight against discrimination, has now undergone a Damascene conversion.

The basic premise was that the scientific evidence for a widespread view called the "critical-period effect" was far weaker than widely supposed.

"The basic premise was that it was better to over-vet, to get everything on the table early and not give something that could end up becoming a scandal," said one former administration official, who underwent his own examination and requested anonymity to discuss internal White House procedures.

The basic premise was that the game is the star of the show, not the contestant.

It's true Dowd doesn't employ hard geopolitical analysis, and that her basic premise is that man is interested in man.

The basic premise is that robots called Cylons – originally created by humans, now very much their own people – turn up after 40 years in the wilderness to nuke humanity.

Rick has lost his wife and his best friend, Carol her daughter and Daryl his (admittedly psychotic) brother.The basic premise is that civilisation has resorted to the Hobbesian description of life as "nasty, brutish and short".

The startup's basic premise is that badly designed and implemented web forms can be a serious — and often overlooked — blocker to companies converting web users into paying customers.

The basic premise is that light entering through a tiny hole can display inverted pictures of the outside world in a darkened room.