Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [prep] local " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , in many cases the previous foreign owners of those companies which passed into local ownership , either private or state , were invited to continue as managers for which they received a management fee . |
| 2 | For England and Scotland , it was decided that the agency for purchasing development land should be local government ( thus avoiding the inter-agency conflict situation which arose between local authorities and the Land Commission ) . |
| 3 | Policing of black-out restrictions was another task which fell to local Party representatives and , in the early war years when air raids seemed scarcely a menace , frequently formed another source of irritation . |
| 4 | Thus , when drawing on evidence from Wales and Yorkshire which dealt with local as opposed to national forms ( i.e. communal traditions of language and dialect , pride in place , manners and customs , speech , song and dance , acting , and craftsmanship ) , the Committee is able to find a place for them within their overall vision of Englishness , by saying : " We believe it to be in the highest interests of English culture that local patriotism , with all that this entails , should be encouraged " . |
| 5 | Whatever happened to local government in this area ? |