"maintain the premise" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
You can use it when you want to talk about someone or something continuing to support or uphold an argument or belief. Example: It is important for the lawyer to maintain the premise that her client is innocent, despite the mounting evidence against him.
It is not easy to convince a crowd of iconoclastic geniuses to work together and share ideas, or to maintain the premise that the strength of a collective is in the radical individualism of its members.
But the thing is, just when you think that that might be enough to maintain the premise of a tense thriller all by itself, you realise that they've probably not just left it there.
Maintain the premise, then accept the continuing decline.
"The landlord has an obligation to maintain the premises in good condition and cannot diminish the services being provided," he said, adding that since replacing the countertop would more likely be considered a repair than an improvement, it would not serve as the basis for a capital-improvement increase.
This reflects an understanding attitude for patients' decisions, but maintains the premise that the health-care professional's role is not to help patients end their lives.
"One is maintaining the premises.
His heirs, the Garlands, maintained the premises before selling out in the 1830's; it was finally shuttering in 1953.
Faliero is long dead, but his son Alfredo still maintains the premises, commissioned by collectors to restore his father's creations and occasionally using the old methods to satisfy an order for a new machine.
But, these compatibilists maintain, the first premise is falsified when interpreted with a milder notion of ability.
His crude attack showed how hard it will be to maintain the Constitution's premise of accountable government, subject to questioning and criticism, during a war without visible end.
George tells me the landlords know and are happy to maintain the brothel on the premises, as long as there's no "funny business".
