PREMISE in a Sentence

Learn PREMISE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
53 example sentences for PREMISE, such as:
1. There is a kitchen on the premises.
2. The firm is looking for larger premises.
3. We don't have enough capital to buy new premises.
4. Let me premise my argument with a bit of history.
5. The research project is based on the premise stated earlier.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of PREMISE
premise
 n.  proposition upon which an argument is based; assumption; land and the buildings on it
Classic Sentence: (36 in 3 pages)
1  While he is so occupied, I will tell you, reader, what they are: and first, I must premise that they are nothing wonderful.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
2  Taking the bread under his arm, the young gentlman turned into a small public-house, and led the way to a tap-room in the rear of the premises.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
3  We had better inspect the premises first, and examine the servants afterwards.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
4  Eustacia stood just within the heath, straining her eyes in the direction of Mrs. Yeobright's house and premises.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 3 How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream
5  If she had had a little less pride she might have gone and circumambulated the Yeobrights' premises at Blooms-End at any maidenly sacrifice until she had seen him.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 3 How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream
6  The lads and men prepared to leave the premises, and Eustacia returned to her fireside.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
7  His room overlooked the front of the premises and the valley of the heath beyond.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
8  Before entering upon his mother's premises he stopped and breathed.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
9  It was almost as lonely as that of Eustacia's grandfather, but the fact that it stood near a heath was disguised by a belt of firs which almost enclosed the premises.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 6 Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete
10  When he had looked round the premises in the manner she had noticed he went and knocked at the door.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
11  These he deposited on the premises in such positions that she should see them as if by accident.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 5 An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated
12  He had spent the time in working about the premises, sweeping leaves from the garden paths, cutting dead stalks from the flower beds, and nailing up creepers which had been displaced by the autumn winds.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 6 Thomasin Argues with Her Cousin, and He Writes a Letter
13  He was a solicitor and was using my room as a temporary convenience until his new premises were ready.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
14  Inspector Barton, who had charge of the case, made a very careful examination of the premises, but without finding anything which threw any light upon the matter.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
15  He was removed, loudly protesting, to the police-station, while the inspector remained upon the premises in the hope that the ebbing tide might afford some fresh clue.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
Example Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1  Let me premise my argument with a bit of history.
2  The idea that there is life on other planets is the central premise of the novel.
3  Advice to investors was based on the premise that interest rates would continue to fall.
4  The research project is based on the premise stated earlier.
5  Our main premise is to get in and get out as quickly as possible, while performing a level of quality work equal to or greater than anything seen before.
6  If we accept your premise, your conclusions are easily deducible.
7  According to the rules, no alcohol can be consumed on the premises.
8  Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
9  We don't have enough capital to buy new premises.
10  Attacks were reported on police, vehicles and commercial premises.
11  The firm is looking for larger premises.
12  There is a kitchen on the premises.
13  The local newspaper misreported the story by claiming the premises were rented.
14  There was nothing to prevent him setting up in business on the premises.
15  China's economic growth has been fuelled by investment in new factories and other commercial premises, many of them producing low-cost goods.