Example sentences of "[verb] by local " in BNC.
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| 1 | The opening of shops , for example , had been restricted in some municipal undertakings by pressure from Conservative town councils dominated by local shopkeepers who feared the competition . |
| 2 | Model A would result in a national body dominated by local government interests , operating through the existing pooling system , and preserving the link between advanced and non-advanced further education . |
| 3 | In the upshot , however , the government decided on the first option proposed in its discussion document , namely the establishment of an advisory body dominated by local authority representatives , the Welsh Advisory Body for Local Authority Higher Education ( WAB ) . |
| 4 | In the 1695 Election support for the war was the major national issue , but most election contests appear to have been dominated by local rivalries and concerns , and in fact there was relatively little controversial pamphleteering at this time , despite the recent expiry of the Licensing Act . |
| 5 | The National Water Authority 's flood defence committees , the bodies responsible for drainage , were found to be dominated by local farmers . |
| 6 | When the film was made in nineteen forty-six leisure time was dominated by local dances , pubs and the Young Farmer 's Club . |
| 7 | Surrounded by local hardknocks , Bob Golden was the only gringo in a Taos , New Mexico , fleapit . |
| 8 | Solicitors may set up a corporate practice to practice solely outside England and Wales provided that ( a ) this is permitted by local law , ( b ) all the directors and shareholders are solicitors , lawyers of another jurisdiction or members of the Bar of England and Wales acting in accordance with the Overseas Practice Rules of the Bar and ( c ) the practice complies with the Overseas Practice Rules ; but such a company could not practice in England and Wales . |
| 9 | A parallel half-marathon was won by local Youssel Benrkik in 1:04:56 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The ruling has been attacked by local shopkeepers and by a member of the town council . |
| 12 | The ILP founder , Keir Hardie , although a miner , had not entered parliament as the nominee of the Miners ' Federation and most ILP Members were nominated by local Party branches or Trades Councils rather than through the national trade unions . |
| 13 | But the conservators say that since their membership is made up of people nominated by local councils , it 's wrong to say they 're undemocratic . |
| 14 | Reconstructions of events such as this , organised by local groups , encourage interest in local rest in local history and may yield new information . |
| 15 | Because it was organised by local people rather than a government agency it ensured a wide attendance of local people and created an atmosphere in which serious debate could take place . |
| 16 | However , Timex said it had won a court order restricting to six the number of pickets organised by local AEEU officials , and requiring that picketing be peaceful . |
| 17 | A THREE-way debate between North Durham 's candidates , organised by local churches on April 5 , has been postponed . |
| 18 | The non-political event was organised by local doctor John Apps who wants to see free health service eye and dental checks and cheaper prescriptions . |
| 19 | However , ministers are not impressed by the democratic mandate claimed by local councillors . |
| 20 | The second class of forests were those like Whittlewood , Salcey , Rockingham , Wychwood and Sherwood , where the soil was for the most part owned by local landowners . |
| 21 | In many cities , most vacant land was not owned by local government but by the private sector and statutory authorities . |
| 22 | The proportion of the housing stock owned by local authorities in England and Wales was ‘ 13 per cent in 1947 . |
| 23 | The land zoned in the Area Plan for housing is owned by local council chairman George Macartney . |
| 24 | My Lords , is my Noble Friend aware that many parents and teachers who have been deeply dissatisfied and disillusioned by local education authority schools in fact just set up their own new schools which are providing excellent education and really meeting those parental wishes , often with very strong er spiritual and moral values . |
| 25 | Physically small , compact people ( but see above ) , they kept separate from their nearest neighbours , the North American forest Indians , maintaining a common northern culture varied by local customs and practices . |
| 26 | The " vast majority " of such attacks , however , had been committed by local groups based in Turkey , Greece , Lebanon and Peru , with no known links to Iraq ; in only one attack , in Manila on Jan. 19 [ see p. 37938 ] , had there been a direct connection with the Iraqi government . |
| 27 | Well then of course , I 've told you about having these trials up and down , and then , out of the people I 've dealt with mostly of them were local criminals , I should think nearly ninety percent of crime in Ipswich was committed by local people . |
| 28 | The maintenance of bicycle facilities ( often forgotten by local authorities ) is essential to ensure continuing safety of cyclists . |
| 29 | These are established through national joint councils , consisting of representatives of employers and employees , supplemented by local variations and agreements . |
| 30 | That is supplemented by local cable-TV contracts , which bring in anything between $1.5m a year ( for the Mariners ) to $12m a year ( for the Yankees ) . |