How to Use on premises in a Sentence

on premises

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  • Try Arden's house blanc de noirs, made on premises as a group project by the staff.
    — Valerie Stivers + Hank Zona, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2021
  • How much of your output is sold on premises through the tasting room?
    — John Mariani, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • How much of your output is sold on premises through the tasting room?
    — John Mariani, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • Parents have to remain on premises with their children.
    — cleveland, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Inside, drinkers at long tables quaff creative beers brewed on premises (7.75 dollars a pint).
    — Remy Scalza, New York Times, 25 May 2023
  • Their plan is fully funded, and relies on premises similar to those in Josephson’s bill.
    — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Moviegoers can get in-theater service from a cooked-to-order menu, as well as beverages from its craft beers brewed on premises.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Employees were asked to work in shifts in the office, covering nearly every hour of the day for a week — with at least two on premises overnight, according to an e-mail reviewed by the Globe.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2021
  • On January 14, police responded to a motel for a report of an unwanted man on premises.
    — Cheryl Higley, cleveland, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Steaks are meticulously dry-aged on premises for 18 to 24 days to achieve incomparable flavor and texture, then each is hand-carved daily by the restaurant’s butcher.
    — The Courier-Journal, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The raw bar also provides backup in case all of Lil’ America’s carts unexpectedly close early, as the Fracture taproom’s liquor license requires food to be served on premises.
    — Mrussell, oregonlive, 6 Apr. 2023
  • In recent years, fast food restaurants have been experimenting with new formats, including drive-thru systems that get customers through the line more quickly and smaller stores that cater to people who don’t want to eat on premises.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 27 July 2023
  • Residents including the recently homeless, the mentally ill and those living with AIDS would be given social services and psychiatric care on premises.
    — Karrie Jacobs, Curbed, 24 June 2021
  • The Dublin facility’s admissions and orientation handbook offers some clues to daily life, noting that there is a sun deck on premises, although sun bathing is prohibited in all areas.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2021
  • If approved, dialysis clinics would be required to have a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant on premises during treatment hours.
    — Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022
  • If approved, Proposition 29 would require dialysis clinics to have a physician, nurse practioner or physician assistant on premises during treatment hours.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2022

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