The campy, tongue-in-cheek premise of the films and the open invitation to reel off one-liners proved ideal for his talents.

Its original premises have also proved inadequate, and a large new Permanent Way Shed has recently been constructed just outside (and north of) the main station site.

Military police had escorted them to this flat; although they were given no choice in the matter, the premises proved to be satisfactory.

Also, the premise of the site, focusing on a state's single highest point, proves to be its limitation.

Oddly, this naive premise proves plausible on screen, partly because "Koyaanisqatsi" does not preach.

Ideally, individuals were to be equal before the law, but this premise proved to be more rhetorical than substantive.

The fact that it may have been a "bargain" will be long forgotten when the premises themselves prove less than satisfying.

Logic dictates that we choose a more complex set of assumptions once our initial premise has proven inadequate.

The first Guildhall School was housed in an old warehouse in Aldermanbury, but these premises soon proved too small.

This rapid expansion meant that the University's new premises would prove insufficient by the 1920s, requiring yet another move.