Collocations with premise

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false premise
The point is not that the registers contradict other evidence, but that they have been used as evidence on a false premise.
fundamental premise
The fundamental premise of their book is that the current structure is akin to rate-making authorities setting public utility fees on a ' ' cost-plus ' ' basis.
initial premise
They do not, however, consider the possibility that their initial premise may have been flawed.
key premise
The key premise in the argument, and the one which marks a significant difference between love for a partner and parental love, is (2).
main premise
Thankfully, the author does not try to connect his observations about adolescent language to the book's main premise.
major premise
Another major premise is that small-scale urban trading has implications for gender relations, class formation and female solidarity.
original premise
A third problem is that the analyses offered (whose success is meant to support the original premise) are often incomplete (see above).
underlying premise
The new law changed the underlying premise regarding eligibility for federal work requirements.
whole premise
The whole premise of the measure is to make it easier for yet more foreigners to be admitted for settlement in our overcrowded kingdom.
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