Example sentences of "[conj] local [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Their function is to supply realism or local colour , and for these purposes their use is perfectly legitimate .
2 Parliament has now recognised that local authorities should be left to judge for themselves what local legislation is desirable , but in a tidying-up process all powers under local Acts in force on 1st April 1974 which were not preserved by subsequent general or local legislation automatically expired at the end of 1984 .
3 It may be that the best solution is to find an individual or local entrepreneur who is enamoured of the building and willing and keen to make a first-class job of it .
4 It was carried out under general anaesthesia or local anaesthesia with intravenous sedation .
5 and it 's , it 's the same at a general election or local election , you know , when we get into power we will .
6 On 19 October 1988 , the then Home Secretary , Douglas Hurd , issued notices to the Independent Broadcasting Authority ( IBA ) and BBC , requiring them , under the Broadcasting Act 1981 , to refrain from broadcasting any words spoken on behalf of , or in support of , a ‘ proscribed organisation ’ , excluding anything said in the course of parliamentary proceedings , or in the run up to a parliamentary , European parliamentary or local election .
7 Isobel Drury , of the society , warned against plans to solve water shortages through a national grid or local water grids .
8 In Lancashire towns like Oldham , Bolton and Bury , old reservoirs that once supplied mills or local water supplies sit unused and uninspected , threatening to inundate surrounding residential areas .
9 Credit cards or local currency accepted .
10 In addition the church promoted strong centralized relationships between itself and government and actively discouraged the spread of power to the periphery or local level .
11 As a result of our involvement , however , it would appear that the NCT is little known at either a national or local level .
12 There are no firm statistics available at either national or local level to determine the incidence of child abuse .
13 Only by engaging in extreme forms of economic casuistry can it be claimed that such things can be supplied satisfactorily without the agency of government at either national or local level .
14 Representative democracy , however , whether at national or local level , must be distinguished from the participatory approaches that provide for direct involvement in the policy-making process ( Pateman 1970 ) .
15 On the whole , Acts , despite their legal precision , are fairly loose guides when it comes actually to setting up the services they authorize , and the decisions made by the administrators of services at central or local level are of great importance in shaping the provision .
16 This version of a marketable discharge licence process employs a national airshed , but it could be applied at a state or local level and for other pollutants in the future .
17 If you want to take part in political activities , either at a national or local level , you must first make sure that you have permission and secondly , comply with the Code of Discretion which applies to all Civil Servants .
18 On article 198(a) it stated : ’ The members of the Committee shall be elected representatives at regional or local level .
19 Enlarging the sample will allow for more reliable analyses at a school , neighbourhood or local level , or for groups of interest such as ethnic minorities or young people in particular occupations or courses of education .
20 Academic study of the members of the Conservative party at either national or local level has to date been almost entirely ignored .
21 However , the meeting did not manage to clarify greatly the concept of subsidiarity ( which maintained that decisions should be taken at the most effective level whether at EC , national , regional or local level ) .
22 Aggregated results should be published to enable informed judgements about attainment in a school or local education ( LEA ) to be made .
23 Aggregated results should be published to enable informed judgements about attainment in a school or local education authority ( LEA ) to be made .
24 Results of assessments are sometimes used to evaluate the progress of pupils , classes , schools or local education authorities .
25 But I , I would like to point out the difficulties that the audit has , the dist , the difficulties that the erm , er , local authorities have , or local education authorities have , in that the Government are , er , the Government insists on taking up surplus places , and this is inconsistent with their , also with their insistence on choice and diversity in education , and I think those points could be made quite clearly to the D F E some time or other .
26 1.4 Nothing in these conditions shall prejudice any condition or warranty expressed or implied , or any legal remedy to which we may be entitled , in relation to the goods and/or the work the subject of this order , by virtue of any statute or custom or any general law or local law or regulation .
27 The temporal processes that we shall examine , such as the changing structure of employment , may result more from international forces than from influences in the local environment , but they may change the map of the UK at regional , sub-regional or local scale .
28 The debates between advocates of single-tier and two-tier local government are , therefore , conducted within an atmosphere in which the relative merits of the two different systems for the values of efficiency and democracy are infused with the expectations of party or local advantage .
29 They also aim to motivate development and communication planners and programme administrators to pursue the systematic use of relatively low-cost but effective media in national or local development efforts .
30 They also aim to motivate development and communication planners and programme administrators to pursue the systematic use of relatively low-cost but effective media in national or local development efforts .
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