premise: Birmingham is a place.
hypothesis: Birmingham ( [ ˈbɜːmɪŋəm ] ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands , England . It is the largest and most populous British city outside London , with a population of 1,101,360 in 2014 . The city is a major international commercial centre , ranked as a gamma + world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ; and an important transport , retail , events and conference hub . Birmingham is the fourth-most visited city in the UK by foreign visitors . Birmingham School of Acting ( BSA , formerly known as Birmingham School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art ( B.S.S.T.D.A ) and then as Birmingham School of Speech and Drama ( B.S.S.D ) ) is a drama school located in Birmingham , England .