All 6 Uses of
premise
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- He was a solicitor and was using my room as a temporary convenience until his new premises were ready.†
Chpt 2
- It was difficult to realise as we looked at the line of fine shops and stately business premises that they really abutted on the other side upon the faded and stagnant square which we had just quitted.†
Chpt 2
- I walked round the corner, saw the City and Suburban Bank abutted on our friend's premises, and felt that I had solved my problem.†
Chpt 2
- He slept on the premises.†
Chpt 3 *
- Inspector Barton, who had charge of the case, made a very careful examination of the premises, but without finding anything which threw any light upon the matter.†
Chpt 6
- He was removed, loudly protesting, to the police-station, while the inspector remained upon the premises in the hope that the ebbing tide might afford some fresh clue.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
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(premise as in: the premise of the argument) something assumed to be true and upon which other things are based