Example sentences of "[verb] on local " in BNC.
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| 1 | They should seek to organise the maximum number of people at local level to bring pressure to bear on local authorities , on Stormont , but particularly on Westminster . |
| 2 | This unanimity encouraged local leaders to abstain from political initiatives and to concentrate on local and day-to-day issues . |
| 3 | Those universities featuring highest in this list can be said to concentrate on local research . |
| 4 | Haslemere Group 's chairman was interviewed on local radio ; the Group sent 104 appeal letters . |
| 5 | But the , I ring up local government offices , and that 's the way they would speak to me , and immediately I say to myself , ‘ Christ , that would be the worst person to be interviewed on local radio . ’ |
| 6 | It was reported on local radio on May 23 that a commission had already been established to draft the rules and basis for the Democratic Constituent Congress . |
| 7 | It was hoped that more would be done by legislation to impose on local authorities a duty to consider , assess and intervene ‘ Where there are elderly people in need of some support or advice in order to prevent or postpone personal or social deterioration or breakdown — necessitating their removal to institutional care ’ ( Age Concern , 1986 , p. 128 ) . |
| 8 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that the Government 's position puts all the responsibility as to whether to prosecute on local authorities ? |
| 9 | The rest of the world looks on local government and tends to yawn . |
| 10 | The first part of the research will focus on local authorities ' total expenditure , whilst the second principle objective of the research will be to investigate whether the reforms lead to a change in the pattern of service provision . |
| 11 | Sidner ( 1979a , b ) concentrated on local rather than global focus , arguing that a local focus-driven approach could significantly reduce problems of inference , and providing a detailed set of algorithms for applying focus in this way . |
| 12 | Indeed , the attendance allowance system has made it possible for councillors from a broader social range to serve on local authorities but this is far removed from receiving a salary . |
| 13 | To supervise for instance the selection of " good men " to serve on local panels , they sent missi from the palace . |
| 14 | There is , in this city , a pool of expertise that is built on local provision , provided by local people , Solicitors , Law Centre and others . |
| 15 | The dinner was attended by 500 leading business and professional people from the North East and was featured on local radio and television , and in the local newspapers . |
| 16 | For this reason discovery and awareness depends on local people . |
| 17 | Which authority exercises them depends on local arrangements . |
| 18 | It very much depends on local circumstances . |
| 19 | He concluded : ‘ The impact of central government upon day-to-day decisions of local authorities often depends on local responsiveness , and the preparedness of local authorities to accept advice or guidance ’ . |
| 20 | Whether these will be centralised or decentralised depends on local circumstances . |
| 21 | While numbers of residents available for breeding each year depends on local productivity in previous seasons , numbers of migrant birds are determined partly by circumstances and events on their wintering grounds , where food may be scarce and predation high ; the birds are also considerably at risk during their long flights . |
| 22 | They are a form of taxation levied on local property , and are calculated on the basis of the rent at which the property might reasonably be let . |
| 23 | In the upper gallery local community groups are invited to exhibit on local issues — current exhibition is ‘ Blocked up in Wantage ’ — the story of the town 's sewers . |
| 24 | A seed processing plant being built in India has been attacked by local farmers , protesting that foreign seed companies are " gene thieves " capitalising on local crops at the expense of those who grow them . |
| 25 | They see in it a threat to the right of each country to protect viridian quirks : quaint old farming practices , bottle-recycling schemes that depend on local breweries or milkmen . |
| 26 | In essence , formal systems and procedures depend on local knowledge . |
| 27 | Such schemes depend on local enthusiasm , skills and initiative , although some work may be performed by contractors . |
| 28 | Fleet standard is well illustrated with many photographs of the Dennis vehicles operated on local deliveries together with examples of the AFC flats and tankers used on long distance services when these were operated by Whitbread of which I can recall observing on their journey between London and the depots at Ashton-Under-Lyne and Stockport . |
| 29 | In Britain , the tight financial regime imposed on local councils and the reluctance of central government to take on any new expenditure makes it necessary to seek funds from the private sector . |
| 30 | The duty to carry out certain services is imposed on local authorities and as such services are of a nature affecting the whole of the country , for example , the police , or trunk roads , it has long been the practice for Central Government to assist the local authority financially . |