Example sentences of "[prep] local [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Situated close to the harbour its nautical connections ( it was once owned by a local shipowner ) are very evident — all the bedrooms are named after local sailing ships . |
| 2 | Traditionally , housing sites have often been named after local water such as Bishop 's Wharf overlooking the River Ouse in York . |
| 3 | After local anaesthesia , two catheters ( one for pH , one for pressure recording ) were inserted transnasally and their tips placed 5 cm above the lower oesophageal sphincter ( described later ) . |
| 4 | By 1640 all the British colonies in the New World had assemblies of elected representatives to look after local problems of legislation and taxation and , while some of them had been created with royal authorization , some had plainly been set up in order to make independence possible . |
| 5 | Tipperary after local opposition , saying the Raybestos case was worse as the Ovens objectors were trying to force changes after the statutory period for planning objections had long passed : ‘ Foreign companies coming to this country and adhering to our planning conditions will begin wondering if they can go ahead at all if they see the assurances of the IDA and the planning authorities are not the final assurances . ’ |
| 6 | Stokesley sausage makers Lazenby 's have produced three new bangers named after local places Guisborough , Roseberry and Stokesley . |
| 7 | An attractive dining area will enhance the appearance of the school and could turn out to be a much sought after local resource that will generate revenue for the school through after school lettings . |
| 8 | Here ‘ The Dronfield Freehold Land Society ’ built both cottages and middle-class houses on a 19-acre site divided into 180 allotments ; the streets were named after local landowners and after Princess Alexandra , the wife of the Prince of Wales . |
| 9 | The researchers found that a change of curriculum from traditional academic subjects to topics of local relevance forced a change of roles for teachers and pupils ( the latter becoming knowledge-holders ) and a change of methods and time-tabling which in the end proved non-acceptable , least of all to parents who favoured the traditional approach as a gateway to success , and resisted innovation ( 17 ) . |
| 10 | Belated or not , the publication of the book led Williams into a collaboration with a group of local educators and teachers whose views on education , … ‘ the uplift of the people , the progress of the Teacher ’ , were very much in line with those of Williams . |
| 11 | Much newly-composed music is commissioned for festivals , royal occasions or events of local significance , such as choir festivals and church anniversaries . |
| 12 | It was a similar story in Scotland and the regions of England , where books of local significance forced their way into individual bestseller lists . |
| 13 | Thirteen towns outside London had a choice of local dailies . |
| 14 | This is achieved with six new applications-specific circuits , one of which is a bus switch that converts the 32-bit data bus of local peripherals designed for 68040 systems to the 88110 's 64-bit system bus . |
| 15 | The random roof lines and the use of local materials enable it to fit into the hillside as organically as White had planned . |
| 16 | UNDERTOWN REEKS of quality ; with its great organic chimney and its sumptuous flaunting of local materials , it is a last blast of true Arts and Crafts architecture . |
| 17 | In many cases the use of local materials imparted to country stations a distinctive regional flavour . |
| 18 | The structures themselves were often built of local materials . |
| 19 | Yet again the official syllabus and scheme of work may recommend the purchase and use of local materials gathered from the local environment when official administrative regulations preclude the headmaster from purchasing these and fail to provide him with any facilities for storing them once he has obtained them . |
| 20 | Common to most of the new houses was their careful use of local materials , particularly in timber-framing . |
| 21 | Does it mean that it is well landscaped , built of local materials , does n't stick up like a sore thumb ? |
| 22 | Other sites , such a-Brantingham , Humbs. , tell a similar story : white ( hard Yorkshire chalk ) , blue ( blue-grey limestone ) , green ( sandstone ) , yellow ( calcareous sandstone ) , and dark red ( brown sandstone ) tesserae were all of local materials . |
| 23 | Profiles of local customers could be built up from information from Training Enterprise Councils ( TECs ) , local press and radio , Chambers of Commerce , libraries , colleges , local advertising , and research agencies . |
| 24 | Administrative and warehousing functions are now performed by a central unit in Paris , whilst operations in other countries have been replaced by customer service centres which can concentrate on the needs of local customers . |
| 25 | The orchestra , consisting almost entirely of local musicians , included a satisfying mixture of professional players , teachers , amateurs and students and the audience included many faces familiar from the choirs which perform on the festival 's choral evenings . |
| 26 | Certainly there are many difficulties facing Irish studios — but we have long believed that the wholehearted support of local musicians when it comes to making albums would make an enormous , positive difference . |
| 27 | Rist deliberately cultivated a simple , popular style in secular particularly moralizing ) and religious verse ; he was a modest composer himself and in his earlier collections , from 1641 onward , he also enlisted the help of local musicians — including Selle in 1651 and 1655 . |
| 28 | Thinking about things like er the Donovan Commission in nineteen sixty eight , did that in any way have any influence , I mean that looked quite closely at er the state of local bargaining . |
| 29 | Once people have been able to make a direct year-on-year comparison of local taxation demands , rather than be confused by a change of system , then councils may well be judged on their own individual performance . |
| 30 | Instead of local taxation being based on property values , it is to be based on a flat rate per capita charge levied on all adults , with limited rebates for some groups . |