How To Use Off-licence In A Sentence

  • Manufacturers have derived some comfort from the fact that sales of canned beer to the off-licence sector have risen by around 7% so far this year.
  • The crowd broke into a supermarket, off-licence and pawnbroker's and then set fire to the library. A fire lit in Tottenham that burned Manchester: the rioters' story
  • Off-licences selling alcohol to underage drinkers could be targeted as tough tactics are adopted to stop teenage hoodlums terrorising a town.
  • He had already been drinking before he arrived with a bottle of vodka and he and his companion went to an off-licence for more drink around 6.30 pm.
  • IT'S a bad sign when the local off-licence owner turns up at your flat looking to renew his stock. The Sun
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  • Police say they will be running a number of operations over the next few weeks to target under-age drinkers and also make sure off-licences are not selling alcohol to people under age.
  • Most of the major supermarkets and off-licences are discounting the prices of wines and champagnes, perhaps anticipating the after-Christmas slump.
  • We also need more research to understand the relationship between off-licence density and alcohol harms, and better collection of alcohol harm data to feed into licensing decision-making. Alcohol Concerns blames too many off-licences for under-age drinking
  • One recommendation was giving district licensing committees discretion to close off-licences near schools between 3pm and 4pm, as part of potential conditions when considering new or renewed off-licences.
  • He said only people aged 18 or over should be allowed to sell alcohol in off-licences, supermarkets and pubs.
  • In the past year, Irish police have adopted a tougher approach to pubs and off-licences that sell drink to teens.
  • Southend stores and off-licences are freely selling alcohol, tobacco and fireworks to underage youngsters, an investigation has revealed.
  • Airports and supermarket off-licences already serve alcohol around the clock.
  • In all, police visited 13 shops and only one off-licence sold the youngster drink.
  • Febvre supplies wine to shops, supermarkets, off-licences, restaurants, hotels and pubs.
  • More than a hundred wine producers, brewers and drinks distributors stand to lose millions of pounds under a proposed company voluntary arrangement at the off-licence chain. Times, Sunday Times
  • That's like going into an off-licence and saying 'Is this wine nice?' and them saying, 'Well, we sell a lot of it.' The Saturday interview: Nadine Dorries
  • I knew Bill wouldn't have a problem getting served in an off-licence and he didn't.
  • Even those selling comfort during difficult times are suffering – the off-licence chain Oddbins collapsed into administration on Thursday with debts of more than £20m. Marks & Spencer clothing dip adds to retail gloom
  • Twelve pounds is what my local off-licence charges for a whole bottle of petit chablis. Times, Sunday Times
  • Both these leading wine shops are also off-licences - that is, legally entitled to sell beer and spirits as well as wine.
  • Before enclosures, festivals were vigorously convivial; they were ‘off-licence’ times, drunken, licentious and rude, from midsummer ales to apple-tree wassailing, to May Day's liaisons.
  • Police will also be able to close off-licences if they deem it necessary, including those near football grounds.
  • Almost £3.1bn worth of wine was bought from shops and off-licences in the year to February 2003, compared with around £1.3bn in 1992.
  • The number of wine shops and off-licences have exploded hand in hand with the consumer's love affair with wine.
  • Under the Sale of Liquor Act, local licensing authorities can grant off-licences if they think alcohol sales are an "appropriate complement" to other goods a business sells.
  • A similar appeal has been made to off-licences and other shops selling alcohol, in a letter which has even gone to pubs as much as five miles away from the football stadium.
  • She bought a pizza from a supermarket and cider from an off-licence and is believed to have reached home at 8.45pm. Joanna Yeates police retrace last known movements
  • Police are urging off-licences and traders selling alcohol to log the number of refusals and report offending adults.
  • Twelve pounds is what my local off-licence charges for a whole bottle of petit chablis. Times, Sunday Times
  • ‘No planning permission is necessary if the same shop were to be converted into an off-licence selling beer, spirits and wine,’ he said.
  • Questions were also asked about the problem of youngsters drinking and off-licences selling alcohol to under-age teenagers.
  • But the owners of off-licences insisted they only sold alcohol to adults and were ‘powerless to stop them passing it on to minors.’
  • There has been a big increase in drink being bought in off-licences for 15- to 17-year-olds.
  • He was jailed for two years in January for a booze and cigs robbery at an off-licence. The Sun
  • As evening fell, up to 200 youths raided an off-licence and other shops in the main shopping precinct of Salford, a couple of miles to the west. UK riots: disorder spreads to Manchester and West Midlands
  • He had tried to rob the off-licence on Swinley Lane, Wigan, waving the sword at the woman assistant before vaulting the counter, only to find he couldn't open the till.
  • Most of the major supermarkets and off-licences are discounting the prices of wines and champagnes, perhaps anticipating the after-Christmas slump.
  • Off-licences selling alcohol to underage drinkers could be targeted as tough tactics are adopted to stop teenage hoodlums terrorising a town.
  • He added that off-licences and licensed premises in Bentham had been approached by the police and officers were satisfied that they would not knowingly sell drink to young people.
  • His accomplice tried unsuccessfully to open the till at the off-licence and grocery shop in Wood Green, north London.
  • An employee had to be sent out to a local off-licence. Times, Sunday Times
  • We have held off-licences in our stores for many years.
  • I've seen the slogan 'Enjoy Responsibly' all over the Emirate's hoardings but my local off-licence haven't heard of it. Arsenal v Shakhtar Donetsk – as it happened
  • The new facility, with air con, treadmills and an aerobics studio, bears little resemblance to the sparse and shabby termite-infested sweatbox above an off-licence that the brash young boxer, then named Cassius Clay, walked into five decades ago, and which eventually produced 12 world champions under Dundee's tutelage. Emotional 5th Street return for Muhammad Ali
  • Police have promised to shut down off-licences and pubs that persistently flout the law by selling booze to under-age children.
  • I went shopping at my local off-licence recently and bought six Aussie brands at an average price of £6.65.
  • Taking pot luck at the corner shop or off-licence is asking for a dud. Times, Sunday Times
  • The winner could be anyone, from a newsagent in York city centre, to an off-licence in Pickering or a petrol station in Selby.
  • She also accused the police of not acting quickly enough to stop certain off-licences in the area serving alcohol to under-age people.
  • My advice is to get a few bottles of plonk at the off-licence and get down to Ethas Kitchen, only a five minute drive away - a place that oozes ambience and offers quality dishes in a very unpretentious surrounding.
  • I have no problem with adults out having a social drink, where I do have the problem is when people buy alcohol from off-licences and drink in groups around the town.
  • They broke into a shop and got glass bottles, an off-licence and got all the glass bottles, laid it down, gave it out and started throwing it from there and then riot police came from there. Rioter profile: 'I'm a bit of a troublemaker'
  • The supermarket's off-licence was renewed but only for one year instead of the maximum three years.
  • More than a third of drinkers said they got alcohol from an older person while more than a half said they obtained alcohol in a pub, off-licence or club.
  • Our shopping habits became more expansive, retail transformed into a leisure pursuit and corner-shop survival was determined by the ability to obtain an off-licence.
  • The average off-licence density in England is almost 63 per 100,000 population, which drops to a low of nearly 27 in the Malvern Hills and reaches a high of more than 135 in Salford. Alcohol Concerns blames too many off-licences for under-age drinking

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