Sentence examples for premised from from inspiring English sources

Mr. Romney's second White House bid had been premised from the beginning on the idea that he could win in New Hampshire, a state he has all but adopted as his own in the years since Senator John McCain dashed his hopes here in the previous Republican primary.

Its premise, from the outset, is shamelessly sentimental.

The premise, from a story by Richard Matheson, is intriguing and the Seventies setting is superbly atmospheric.

And these are the premises from which he made some of his most enduring work.

With expert deadpan, Guterson keeps the premise from getting too cute.

Presented by Windmill Theater of Adelaide, Australia, "Plop!" takes its premise from "The Terrible Plop" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2009).

The Polimoda fashion college has moved its premises from the hills above Florence into a historic gilded palazzo in town.

"The investigative premise from the outset was that this was a murder-suicide," said Paul J. Browne, the Police Department's chief spokesman.

It was assembled on the premises from 28 pieces and rests on a pedestal of Tennessee marble.

Conceptually, "American Desert" is a distant relation to Kafka's "Metamorphosis," deriving its narrative premise from a radical -- impossible -- transformation.

It claims some 100 species may be seen on the premises, from the buff-bellied hummingbird to the turkey vulture.