Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] local " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first students were warmly welcomed by local Bridge of Allan residents , who donated ‘ starter kits ’ , of kitchen utensils , china etc . |
| 2 | Spates of tenant disputes in the early 1920s and 1930s were largely provoked by local issues . |
| 3 | They were usually covered in local cotton prints or in printed fabrics from Alsace or Neufchâtel , but grander versions had silk cushions in brightly coloured and lavish damasks and brocades from the silk works in Lyon . |
| 4 | Elvers were traditionally eaten by local Gloucestershire people and have been netted in the Severn for hundreds of years . |
| 5 | Views were also obtained from local family doctor committees and from medical advisers to the Mental Welfare Commission . |
| 6 | ( Fees were also charged for local authority secondary schools , though of lower amount . ) |
| 7 | The Larrikins , who can be traced back to 1870 in Australia , were also organised into local gangs or ‘ pushes ’ , and even allowing for exaggeration and over-involvement ( we need not readily accept , for example , that they gorged themselves on raw meat or rigged elections by terrorising voters , as was sometimes alleged ) their behaviour was unbeatably appalling . |
| 8 | Our city challenge and other inner-city initiatives were enthusiastically received by local authorities and the private sector — particularly in the north-east . |
| 9 | The structures themselves were often built of local materials . |
| 10 | After the return to civilian rule , the newly formed state radio corporations , which had been set up to be independent of Federal Government authority , were immediately subjected to local political control . |
| 11 | The proposals for ‘ a simplified , single-tier , strong local government system with a wide range of powers based on twelve to eighteen ‘ area councils ’ ( Arthur 1980:97 ) were strongly opposed by local interests who wished to retain their sectarian control in the existing small local authorities . |
| 12 | The dams were intended to control the flooding which affects the river in winter , but they were strongly opposed by local people and environmental groups . |
| 13 | Copies of all the counter proposals and representations were then placed on local deposit in council offices and a further period allowed for representations to be made about them . |
| 14 | This was a polemical exaggeration : as in the United States today , many lawyers were closely connected with local life and later with business concerns as company lawyers . |
| 15 | Although before the Courts Act 1971 in theory it could be claimed that government was ultimately responsible for the running of the courts , in practice responsibility was so diffused between local authorities , the High Sheriffs and Under Sheriffs of counties , and the judiciary , that there was no real way in which Parliament could call anyone to account . |
| 16 | The argument of Edward 's lawyers that a woman could not succeed to a fief was not upheld by local custom , and so Jean I of Armagnac remained the beneficiary of much of the de Goth inheritance in the duchy . |
| 17 | Equal adult suffrage was not conceded in local government in Northern Ireland until 1969 ( Arthur 1980:108 ) . |
| 18 | In many cities , most vacant land was not owned by local government but by the private sector and statutory authorities . |
| 19 | So , for example , a request that evidence be taken on oath would be complied with in Switzerland despite the fact that the oath was not used under local procedure . |
| 20 | The Alliance was indissolubly linked to local ratepayers ' organisations — most notably the Forest Gate Ratepayers ' Association ( FGRA ) — which functioned as an effective lobby for those who felt most threatened by rate increases , namely , the manufacturers and petit bourgeoisie . |
| 21 | Until 1949 the Danish black-and-white was known as the Black-and-White Jutland Milk breed but in that year the Jutland was formally joined with local Friesians ( mainly Dutch but also some Swedish and East Friesian Danish Black Pied . |
| 22 | This racialization of the debate was further propelled onto local and national agendas by campaigning black parents and teachers . |
| 23 | Much of the initial capital was probably raised by local grandees like the Duke of Somerset at Petworth from the profits of estate management . |
| 24 | The weekend attack was also condemned by local Alliance councillor Tom Campbell , who said the same group had been terrorising pensioners in the Cavehill area during the past few months . |
| 25 | At some of the mission schools literacy was also taught in local languages . |
| 26 | Amanda , who praised her hospital colleagues for their ‘ wonderful support ’ , was also sponsored by local businesses . |
| 27 | Moreover , for the vast majority of the working class , certainly for the period with which this study is concerned , the universe was strongly bounded by local factors . |
| 28 | While a canal was being built , ownership tended to remain with " interested " locals , and indeed , with operating profits as yet ungenerated , recourse was frequently had to local banks for short-term working capital — the Kennet and Avon had an overdraft of £60,000 in 1815 . |
| 29 | The venture was well supported by local advertisers . |
| 30 | The revenue was then returned to local councils in the form of a grant . |