Example sentences of "[been] [verb] by [art] local " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group was formed by the concerted actions of a few individuals in the area of the Yellow Creek , near Middlesboro , Kentucky in an attempt to clean up and prevent further pollution in their local stream which has been contaminated by a local tannery sending the untreated waste from its chemical processing into the sewage treatment plant of the city of Middlesboro . |
| 2 | One of the most important finds of late Roman gold and silver coins and objects has been located by a local man , retired gardener Eric Lawes , with a metal detector in a field in Suffolk . |
| 3 | Maybe a visiting foreign seaman , whose unitiated brain having been blitzed by the local rough cider failed to appreciate a gem of cutting local humour . |
| 4 | Plans have been prepared by a local architect for a clubhouse , traditional pavilion and all-weather nets . |
| 5 | The Secretary of State is not required to entertain an appeal if it appears to him that permission for the proposed development could not have been granted by the local planning authority , or could not have been so granted otherwise than subject to the conditions imposed by them , having regard to the statutory requirements to the provisions of the development order , and to any directions given under the order . |
| 6 | The same dump , however , harboured 21 illegal tonnes of 7 per cent arsenic waste , a situation which had been revealed by the local paper a year previously , and then allowed to sit by local authorities . |
| 7 | Her dress had been made by a local dressmaker who had made it with a deep frill of black satin round the neck . |
| 8 | Protests have been made by the local gardening club , Jubilee Citizens Club , a playgroup and WI over the new increased charges that would be forced upon them if the proposal was approved . |
| 9 | He said the meeting , which had also been attended by the local policeman , Constable Mike Munro , had attracted about 20 villagers . |
| 10 | I have lived here for nearly eighteen years and I have been accepted by the local community . |
| 11 | Access to the adjoining land may well have been provided by means of a road or ’ hammerhead ’ and the road will almost certainly have been adopted by the local authority . |
| 12 | Some local authorities may refuse to accept development of the site unless the section of the access road that is private has been adopted by the local authority . |
| 13 | There may be important conditions to be observed ( eg to ensure that the road has been adopted by the local authority ) , and if it is not possible to comply with these , the mortgage may not go through . |
| 14 | Suppressing the divine ire of the Northerner at Southern superciliousness , which would hardly serve his turn at this juncture , Greg said : ‘ The point is , I 've been commissioned by the local rag to write a pamphlet on Walter Machin and his World — ’ |
| 15 | They have been told by the local authority that they can not grow oilseed rape because the smell might upset Disney guests . |
| 16 | She has been told by the local hospital that she can not have an appointment until June 1993 . |
| 17 | THE Conservative-controlled Stirling District has been told by the local MP , Michael Forsyth , that he is horrified at the way in which the council has handled a housing matter . |
| 18 | The campaign , including a fire-bombing , has been orchestrated by the local headquarters of the British National party . |
| 19 | A ramp that made it possible for a disabled woman to get in and out of her home has been demolished by the local council . |
| 20 | In Dallas , the plastic-pitched Cotton Bowl needs more than $20 million of work , of which $13m has already been promised by the local council . |
| 21 | The Department of Energy , for example , was responsible for providing an £80,000 grant to the Cornwall Energy Project ( CEP ) , a research group promoting the use of conservation and renewable sources of energy in the South-West peninsula , The CEP had in turn been requested by the local authorities consortium to provide evidence to the inquiry against the Electricity Board 's case . |
| 22 | ‘ Of course , ’ Morton remarked , ‘ the barrow might have been used by a local resident just to move furniture . |
| 23 | At Harle Syke , just outside the town to the north-east , Queen Street Mill , which used to be a cotton mill , has been preserved by the local council in association with Pennine Heritage , and the building 's steam engine , which powered the looms , remains in situ and in working order . |
| 24 | The judge directed that the transfer was not to take place unless foster parents provisionally identified for W. had been approved by the local authority as foster carers . |
| 25 | 42 consecutive patients referred to the regional renal unit for management of acute renal failure ( serum creatinine >500 mol/L ) were enrolled into the study , which had been approved by the local medical ethics committee . |
| 26 | Their abandoned Victorian mansion has been bought by the local council to save it from ruin . |
| 27 | In the major markets the rep who covered continents and carried his or her weight in books has been replaced by the local office . |
| 28 | Part had been provided by the local caterers , part had come from the Palace kitchen . |
| 29 | His predecessor , Expedito Ribeiro de Souza , had been shot dead on Feb. 2 ; police arrested a suspect who claimed that he had been hired by a local landowner to carry out the killing . |
| 30 | For example , many of the houses which they buy are in the most remote or inconvenient situations and would otherwise have been abandoned by the local residents . |