Sentences with phrase «very premise»

To many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the very premise of Australia Day is racist.

Apple had reportedly sold 30 - Million 4 - inch iPhone last year and this seems to have been the very premise on which the 4 - inch iPhone SE was created.

But there is of course nothing new in that autonomy: since Van Gend en Loos this is the very premise of the Community legal order.

That seems little more than a principled rejection of the very premise and purpose of the law.

So wait a minute... The post is about the root cause analysis of the «century of temp obs,» it grants that in its very premise.

I also agree, that by our presence here, «we are both inheriting Dr. Curry's appeal to authority inherent in this thread and its epistemological definition of terms;» But, I should point out, that it was by this very premise, that gave rise to the skeptical community.

In addition, he objected to the very premise of the workshop, asserted the «conflict» was more rooted in politics than science, and suggested a search for common ground in policies having «co-benefits».

Although it might seem that there was little to be risked in the non-binding discussions, the lead negotiator for the United States, one Harlan Watson, spent nearly his entire two weeks in Montreal attempting to undermine their very premise.

Maybe you didn't look at the links — but the very premise of «costly... more expensive alternatives» is looking very shaky.

In comparison, it took years for Watts to publish one paper, and when he did, it failed to confirm the very premise to the existence of his website.

The problem with your argument is that your very premise doesn't even hold up.

at the Museum of Modern Art — make bold attempts to decode fashion from two opposing curatorial perspectives, by tackling the very premise of fashion's postmodernity, and with it, many of its existential dilemmas: the relationship between form and function, automation and craftsmanship, and the status of aesthetic authorship in the age of global mass production.

In exhibiting pieces that presumably fall outside of the work she is being recognized for, the premise of the show questions the very premise of such an award.

Tomb Raider has, by the very premise of its name, always roused the excited kid in us.

Honestly, the very premise alone is enough to pull you in, and hopefully what we've seen from gameplay trailers, this game is exactly as advertised.

Science fiction is one of the most beautiful genres, its very premise allowing readers, viewers and players to be amazed by visions of the future or glimpses of alternate timelines while also exploring complex issues that relate to us and our planet under a more comfortable guise.

Same with SCII (The game was actually made with that very premise in mind).

More troubling, however, is the extent to which Lohr and Lepczyk dismiss the very premise of CCM.

What's worse, the very premise of the idea — infiltrating people's communities as a shill with a mercenary product - selling motive — is fundamentally dishonest.

Since the very premise of Google eBooks is for people to read the ebooks on their e-readers and other devices, this was a smart move to license the technology.

Students who moved from one school to another, in other words, were less likely to attend higher education than non-moving peers — a finding which contradicts the very premise of choice that enhanced student mobility will improve educational outcomes.

Founder J. C. Huizenga has refused to play along with the fatuous expectation that each school must be «customized» to the local community — for the industry» s very premise is that a well - designed school model will work equally well in Anacostia or Albany.

I actually think a decent parody comedy could be made from this very premise and in a few rare moments, Epic Movie seems capable of pulling it off.

Of the male - oriented melodramas in the past decade, none has improved upon the mixed martial arts tearjerker «Warrior» — and if its very premise strikes you as an unsustainable paradox, know that its success is in large part thanks to its trio of terrific lead performances.

Going against the grain of its very premise, it also posits that anyone with a costume can be a superhero, as we see dozens, if not hundreds, of the foolhardy come out of the woodworks in order to be the next Kick - Ass, despite the fact that Kick - Ass himself seems to have learned few skills beyond that which we saw him perform in the first film.

Something about the very premise for Dinner for Schmucks (Paramount, July 23), starring Steve Carell and Paul Rudd, seems inherently off.

Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin takes risks starting with its very premise: it's about a nameless alien being who adopts the physical form of a young human female and drives around Scotland picking up unwitting men to be processed as food.

Unfortunately, where the film falls short is in that very premise: the use of sound.

With such a winning concept and all the elements in place to make it soar, the filmmakers would have done well to heed their very premise.

By nature of its very premise, Infinity Runner is an addling game that ought not work.

Bottom Line: By nature of its very premise, Infinity Runner is an addling game that ought not work.

In a movie that's acoustically muted for most of its running time — a movie that infuses its hushed status into its very premise — all of the above couldn't be more crucial.

Then again, it's supposed to be, because the very premise of this franchise is to skewer the notion of the gentleman spy.

The very premise is ultimately what kills the movie, as there is little explanation why this boy suddenly realizes he's Anna's husband, while there are many reasons why she shouldn't believe him.

Honestly, the very premise alone is enough to pull you in, and hopefully what we've seen from gameplay trailers, this game is exactly as advertised.

Just before showing Sheil an archival videotape of Chubbuck doing an on - air interview, Newman questions the very premise for ongoing interest in Chubbuck, saying, «We wouldn't be here if it weren't for the way she ended her life.»

The very premise, consisting of a writer in rapid decline also mirrors the director's similar creative downfall.

As a show that must, by its very premise, pick sides, Stalker tips eagerly toward the wrong one.

based completely on that very premise.

The award winning infant toy, Baby Einstein, was created on this very premise.

Its very premise invites exploration of the future, the present and how one can build on the other.

Hesselgrave's comments in his Second Thoughts echo this very premise.

In fact, I would argue he is rejecting the very premise of believing in absolute truths.

In fact, Jim Carrey did a movie a while back on this very premise.

The very premise of something being a theory is that it should be questioned until proven to be fact.

An «intelligent design» curriculum based on the very premise that «intelligent design» is logic - based and not entirely «faith - based could never be accepted by those who want to teach «intelligent design» in our schools because logic compels:

«Rain forests deserve indeed to be protected, but no less so does man, as a creature having an innate «message» which does not contradict our freedom, but is instead its very premise.»

At it's very premise ID is unscientific and untestable.

Unfortunately, therefore, Buttiglione ends up undermining the very premise of his approach to reading Amoris Laetitia.

The very premise of being American is being able to choose what you want to believe without people criticizing you or telling you to believe otherwise (it's in the Constitution, look it up).