Sentence examples for elaborate premise from inspiring English sources

What this elaborate premise may obscure is that "The Last Samurai," in its coolly cerebral way, is so much fun.

How interesting that play will be is hard to tell from the two episodes sent to critics, which are mostly spent setting up what feels like an unusually elaborate premise.

There are some dry patches while Mr Stiller elaborates his premise, but he is really setting up his characters, who become very funny in the second half.

Actually it isn't, but an elaborate, potentially preposterous premise is almost always both a stumbling block and an opportunity for a fantasy epic.

Its central premise, elaborated in the sequel, is that the world humans think is real is, in fact, a computer construct managed by cyborgs.

The mandarins of the nuclear establishment remain enthralled by elaborate deterrence theories premised on the notion that the ultimate defense against a variety of military threats is a bristling nuclear arsenal.

They are named for fruits and flowers and famous Bahamians and cigars -- a cigar factory is on the premises, an elaborate cigar menu is offered in the lounge and a woman sits quietly rolling huge stogies in the main house in the evening.

Avicenna's definition of metaphysics as a science is rooted in a premise he elaborates on the basis of Aristotle (Post.

Released in 1994, her second novel, In the Time of the Butterflies, has a historical premise and elaborates on the death of the Mirabal sisters during the time of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic.

The RI, which is facing severe financial difficulties after selling off property to fund a £22m refurbishment of its Mayfair premises, refused to elaborate on the specific claims made against it.

This is the premise of Howard's elaborate, Jamesian style.