Sentence examples for premise for something from inspiring English sources

It could be the premise for something pulpy and brash, and according to reviews, that's what the 1996 adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates's novel Foxfire was, with its showcase lead for an up-and-coming Angelina Jolie.

"If I were the House Democrats, I would start with the premise that, unless we stand for something positive, we are never going to get off the ground," he said.

The idea that house is a feeling makes about as much sense as the premise for this article or something else that's a bit whacky.

For something that lays out its premise in such a bare way, the eight-episode journey of Valerie Cherish, set nine years after we first met her, spoke to everything the show has worked to accomplish.

I don't mean to throw cold water on people, but the general premise that it doesn't matter what you pay for something, but what you buy with the money does make a difference, is sort of crazy.

Not the most original premise, maybe, but handled properly, it could be the foundation for something funny or wistful or both.

It's quite short, however, for something that sets up such a complicated premise, opening a bee-barrel of questions and potentially thorny issues, and then just complicating them with extreme violence.

For something new to break out, both the premise of the app as well as the design and "vibe" have to be really, really weird.

This is something like the premise for "Death Wish," the 1974 film starring Charles Bronson as a gun-hating New York liberal who changes his tune and becomes a satisfied vigilante after urban violence touches his own family.

Premise (2) states what many take to be a minimally necessary condition for something to be a moral judgment.

The crime scene supported that premise: forced entry, a house in disarray as if someone had been looking for something, an open safe.