premises
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Secondly, the supermarket must pass the "inadequacy" test in which it has to show the number of existing licensed premises in an area is inadequate to meet the needs of the public.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
This "surrender principle" acts as a strict cap on the number of premises which can sell alcohol.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
They are barred from leaving the premises for three consecutive days without prior approval.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
Aristotle was among the first to contemplate the question of how to think—more specifically, how to make a good argument—with his systemic structure of syllogisms, or arguments set up in the form of two premises.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
They lacked this procedure for the fundamental reason that they thought it unnecessary: what could go wrong if one argued from uncontested premises to conclusions that necessarily followed?
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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