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"We were fortunate that only about £2,000 worth was stolen from our premises," said Sam Jackway, owner of Card Catcher Shop in Bristol.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Most of us are so familiar with this revolution’s sour consequences that we hardly bother to question its premises anymore.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
This is especially true now that the kind of storage facilities that 30 years ago were mom and pop operations, with mom and pop living on the premises, are managed remotely by large corporations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
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
Mr. Pumblechook’s premises in the High Street of the market town, were of a peppercorny and farinaceous character, as the premises of a cornchandler and seedsman should be.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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