The Laurels was a dilapidated house, standing back from the road with a few grimy bushes to support the fiction of a front garden.
The Laurels did not have a lavish front garden.
mnli hypothesis: The Laurels did not have a lavish front garden. premise: The Laurels was a dilapidated house, standing back from the road with a few grimy bushes to support the fiction of a front garden.