How To Use Off-licence In A Sentence
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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.
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The crowd broke into a supermarket, off-licence and pawnbroker's and then set fire to the library.
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Off-licences selling alcohol to underage drinkers could be targeted as tough tactics are adopted to stop teenage hoodlums terrorising a town.
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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.
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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.
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Most of the major supermarkets and off-licences are discounting the prices of wines and champagnes, perhaps anticipating the after-Christmas slump.
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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
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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.
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He said only people aged 18 or over should be allowed to sell alcohol in off-licences, supermarkets and pubs.
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In the past year, Irish police have adopted a tougher approach to pubs and off-licences that sell drink to teens.
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Southend stores and off-licences are freely selling alcohol, tobacco and fireworks to underage youngsters, an investigation has revealed.
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Airports and supermarket off-licences already serve alcohol around the clock.
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In all, police visited 13 shops and only one off-licence sold the youngster drink.
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Febvre supplies wine to shops, supermarkets, off-licences, restaurants, hotels and pubs.
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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
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That's like going into an off-licence and saying 'Is this wine nice?' and them saying, 'Well, we sell a lot of it.'
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I knew Bill wouldn't have a problem getting served in an off-licence and he didn't.
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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.
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Twelve pounds is what my local off-licence charges for a whole bottle of petit chablis.
Times, Sunday Times
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Both these leading wine shops are also off-licences - that is, legally entitled to sell beer and spirits as well as wine.
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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.
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Police will also be able to close off-licences if they deem it necessary, including those near football grounds.
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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.
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The number of wine shops and off-licences have exploded hand in hand with the consumer's love affair with wine.
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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.
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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.
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She bought a pizza from a supermarket and cider from an off-licence and is believed to have reached home at 8.45pm.
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Police are urging off-licences and traders selling alcohol to log the number of refusals and report offending adults.
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Twelve pounds is what my local off-licence charges for a whole bottle of petit chablis.
Times, Sunday Times
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‘No planning permission is necessary if the same shop were to be converted into an off-licence selling beer, spirits and wine,’ he said.
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Questions were also asked about the problem of youngsters drinking and off-licences selling alcohol to under-age teenagers.
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But the owners of off-licences insisted they only sold alcohol to adults and were ‘powerless to stop them passing it on to minors.’
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There has been a big increase in drink being bought in off-licences for 15- to 17-year-olds.
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He was jailed for two years in January for a booze and cigs robbery at an off-licence.
The Sun
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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.
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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.
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Most of the major supermarkets and off-licences are discounting the prices of wines and champagnes, perhaps anticipating the after-Christmas slump.
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Off-licences selling alcohol to underage drinkers could be targeted as tough tactics are adopted to stop teenage hoodlums terrorising a town.
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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.
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His accomplice tried unsuccessfully to open the till at the off-licence and grocery shop in Wood Green, north London.
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An employee had to be sent out to a local off-licence.
Times, Sunday Times
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We have held off-licences in our stores for many years.
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I've seen the slogan 'Enjoy Responsibly' all over the Emirate's hoardings but my local off-licence haven't heard of it.
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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.
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Police have promised to shut down off-licences and pubs that persistently flout the law by selling booze to under-age children.
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I went shopping at my local off-licence recently and bought six Aussie brands at an average price of £6.65.
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Taking pot luck at the corner shop or off-licence is asking for a dud.
Times, Sunday Times
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The winner could be anyone, from a newsagent in York city centre, to an off-licence in Pickering or a petrol station in Selby.
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She also accused the police of not acting quickly enough to stop certain off-licences in the area serving alcohol to under-age people.
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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.
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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.
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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'
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The supermarket's off-licence was renewed but only for one year instead of the maximum three years.
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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.
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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.
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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
