Example sentences of "local government [noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Local government expenditure may cover a variety of things , from sweeping the streets to providing local schooling .
2 He hopes the new local government system may bring a new era of co-operation rather than confrontation .
3 The medical , legal and local government discipline should have the facilities to enable their potentially bilingual students to study for at least an additional term in order to enhance their language and cultural knowledge to a defined level and to extend their professional expertise to accommodate the main different professional dimensions — such as Islamic matrimonial law and sickle cell anaemia .
4 The proposals in the White Paper on local government reform will jeopardise the strategic , transportation and economic integrity of the city and region which is the basis of Lothian 's economic success .
5 As regards structure , a local government commission would evaluate the most appropriate form of local government for individual areas , with the likelihood that there would be unitary authorities at either district or county level ( as there already were , since 1986 , at borough or metropolitan district level in London and the six major English conurbations ) .
6 I hope and believe that the local government commission will serve a real purpose in bringing forward reform which is now overdue , which is in line with Conservative party policies , and which will deliver value for money and improve the quality of services — the hallmarks of good Conservative control .
7 I hope that , as soon as possible , the local government commission will spell out to local authorities and to the Secretary of State areas such as West Sussex in which no change may be preferable to radical reform .
8 A group of Bengali mothers who attend their children 's primary school in East London to be helped towards an understanding of English language and the mysteries of local government administration might appear to be making an insignificant contribution to their children 's educational well being .
9 Hereford and worcester will have to wait for at least five years to see if the local government review will split it back into seperate counties , but Gloucestershire may benefit before then , as avon looks like being abolished in two years time .
10 It had no business goodwill and was not permitted to trade ; nor did it have shareholders ; ( 5 ) in failing to take proper account of the fact that it logically followed that if a local government corporation could sue for libel in respect of its governing reputation then so too could any institution of central government ( including , for example , a government department which was a statutory corporation such as the Department of the Environment ) ; ( 6 ) in the premises in considering that there was no uncertainty or ambiguity in English law in relation to the extent to which local authorities might sue for libel .
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