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Examples of premises
premises
There were, however, two new faces on the premises making their St. Louis debut.
From the stltoday.com
The female charity had plenty of voluntary counsellors and comfortable premises.
From the guardian.co.uk
Obama assumed authority for the Libyan adventure on two false premises, not one.
From the theatlantic.com
Maybe it's because the batter is made here on the premises not bought in a pack.
From the dailymercury.com.au
The Carpenter's Daughter has moved in with Pearl, sharing premises in Newmarket.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Bible lectures two or three times a week on the premises draw 400 to 500 people.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The majority of town centre premises are involved and regular meetings are held.
From the kidderminstershuttle.co.uk
Some have already committed to moving from their premises around Darling Street.
From the smh.com.au
Sammy's owner Sam Chin manages a smile as he surveys the damage to the premises.
From the odt.co.nz
- Land and the buildings on it; "bread is baked on the premises"; "the were evicted from the premises"
- (premise) a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"
- (premise) set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"
- (premise) precede: furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
- (premise) take something as preexisting and given
- Premises are land and buildings together considered as a property. This usage arose from property owners finding the word in their title deeds, where it originally correctly meant "the aforementioned; what this document is about", from Latin prae-missus = "placed before".
- (Premise (filmmaking)) The premise of a film or screenplay is the fundamental concept that drives the plot.
- (Premise (insecticide)) Imidacloprid is a neonicotinoid, which is a class of neuro-active insecticides modeled after nicotine. ...
- (Premised) It is evident that a tacitly understood claim is that Socrates is a man. The fully expressed reasoning is thus: In this example, the first two independent clauses preceding the comma (namely, "all men are mortal" and "Socrates is a man") are the premises, while "Socrates is mortal" is ...
