Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [prep] local [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In so doing the newcomers have contributed to the sense of urban encroachment on rural political affairs among farmers and landowners which goes back over a much longer period , and which has been associated with changes in the institutions of political control in the countryside : the gradual decline in the personalized and autocratic power of the locally resident squirearchy and the transfer of public administration to a more formal and impersonal framework of local government since local politics were first placed on a democratic footing in 1888 . |
| 2 | The Department of the Environment could set the total grant for local authorities , and announce it . |
| 3 | In this way , the market areas will be in strong contrast to local supermarkets and covered shopping centres , where large chain stores tend to congregate . |
| 4 | The structures created between 1963 and 1988 provided a new administrative framework for local government but such structures in themselves reveal relatively little about the practice of local administration . |
| 5 | A White Paper of July 1937 had stated it to be the government 's aim further to reduce the price of liquid milk to local authorities in order to improve distribution ; throughout 1938 there were discussions within the Board of Education , and in July 1939 a Milk Industry Act was passed . |
| 6 | But many Special Hospital patients could move straight into independent living in hostels or flats of their own with the right professional support from local services . |
| 7 | The Communist Party continued to have a strong base in local government , although on Nov. 16 , 1990 , legislation was adopted by the Federal Assembly confiscating its assets [ see p. 37865 ] . |
| 8 | Fewer pigs are kept in these republics ( pork being an unclean meat for Muslims , as it is for Jews ) and traditional customs such as the postponement of cohabitation ( kaitarma ) , pilgrimages to the graves of local holy men and even abduction are still practised , in some cases with the covert support of local party officials ( most tragic of all were the reports of girls who had burned themselves to death after being dishonoured in this and other ways ) . |
| 9 | The supplement goes on to look at the law covering the conservation of protected buildings and areas , reporting on incentives like the Town Scheme grant , which can provide 40 per cent grants for repair and restoration work from combined funding between local authorities and English Heritage . |
| 10 | ‘ There is strong support for local government closer to the people , easily accessible and based on established and identifiable communities , ’ he said . |
| 11 | As a result , it saw the need to continue strong support for local authority housing provision . |
| 12 | It is a readable account of the conflicts and policies of the early 1980s , and puts forward a strong case for local government to be given more power . |
| 13 | Calling for positive political action from local parties and the Irish government , he said that agreement on a basis for formal negotiation was " close and attainable " but that the constitutional parties involved needed to demonstrate their political will . |
| 14 | Erm having said that though I think that erm perhaps the next few great achievements were perhaps more revolutionary , really , erm because they were s now , he 's now talking about overthrowing erm the feudal rule of local tyrants erm overthrowing the armed forces of the landlords , overthrowing the political power of the county magistrate and ov this one 's possibly the most important anti-revolution restorationist one I think probably , the overthrowing of clan authority of the ancestral temples and the clan elders . |
| 15 | It then runs into problems of political opposition of local people , enforced differentiation between winners and losers in the countryside , and may expose the inadequacies of the agricultural extension staff , agricultural engineers , support staff and the like . |
| 16 | Prompt action by local people can not only prevent ultimate demolition , but also save many thousands of pounds in repair costs . |
| 17 | The use of private contractors to provide services previously provided by local authority staff also provoked strong opposition from local government trade unions ( Ascher 1987 : 220 — 2 ) . |
| 18 | Strong opposition from local populations has put an effective halt to further building of nuclear or hydro-electric facilities in many European countries . |
| 19 | The NGC scheme has met with strong opposition from local people worried about the possible health effects of electro-magnetic fields and the destruction of the countryside . |
| 20 | Mrs Thatcher wanted to explore every other possible alternative to local authority leadership of the community care programme . |
| 21 | As early as 1955 a CAB sub-committee was set up by the national committee to consider hire purchase problems as seen by bureaux all over the country and by other voluntary organisations with experience of families in difficulty ; and in addition to recommendations about trade practices , about possible action by local authorities , and other things , which were sent to the appropriate associations or government departments , the deliberations of the committee produced results which were to have an influence on the trend and standing of much CAB work in the future . |
| 22 | Many of them expressed appreciation of local cathedral organists and parish musicians who provide a lead and incentive to others . |
| 23 | Angry members of the council environment committee also agreed to call on the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , to rethink and find adequate funding for local authorities . |
| 24 | The council 's environment committee is to urge the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , to think again and find adequate funding for local authorities . |
| 25 | William I had introduced knight service , a repeated drain on local resources . |
| 26 | These were also too much related to the exercise of political power than to the compassionate provision of local services . |
| 27 | Dawn has been eyeing up her own customers as well as the shoppers who frequent rival stores to come up with an in-vogue verdict on local tastes . |
| 28 | The adjacent Gelli Farm Restaurant offers a high cuisine with local produce and home cooking . |
| 29 | Fresh funding for local recycling initiatives |
| 30 | This occurred in Egypt and Asia , for instance , and the intention was to create a closed currency system whereby everyone entering the kingdom had to change their foreign coin into local coin and did not take the local coinage out of the country . |