premise
Example Sentences
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The couple had been confined to the Islamabad High Court's premises since Tuesday, spending nights at a lawyers' association building, after being granted bail in a cybercrime case.
From Barron's
As schematic as the premise sounds—it’s another hitman story, after all—the series is fast-paced and gripping, largely because it’s so fast-paced.
However, England have now enforced a curfew, meaning players and staff have to be back on hotel premises by midnight.
From BBC
Phone shop owner Noel Stringer said some of the rats spotted near his premises were "the size of a small dog".
From BBC
Lawmakers, however, still wanted business owners to be able to exert their right to keep guns off their premises.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
