Example sentences of "local [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'll find local suppliers listed in Yellow Pages under Quarries or Sand and gravel suppliers , or you can ask at your local builders ' merchants . |
| 2 | Try local builders ' merchants and garden centres for stocks . |
| 3 | One local builders ' merchant has most of the materials we needed . |
| 4 | You 'll need two plastic buckets , a couple of pounds of ‘ pea shingle ’ from the local builders ' merchant and a few drops of rosemary oil available from health stores or chemists . |
| 5 | Neurosurgeons have already operated on Michael , who worked for a local builders ' merchant , and a team of specialists are keeping a round-the-clock watch on his condition . |
| 6 | THE local artists ' exhibition which has been occupying Oriel Court , an empty office block on Omega Park , Alton , since March 16th , is to run for an extra week — until April 3rd — due to popular demand . |
| 7 | The tourist office and the local artists ' community are keen to promote art and there are often exhibitions of some art form in the theatre or the tourist office 's art gallery . |
| 8 | They also serve the local community , with exhibitions of local artists ' work and educational music sessions . |
| 9 | Koriyama Museum 's collection will also include Japanese artists who have studied art in England and have been influenced by British art as well as local artists ' work . |
| 10 | It contains guidance on arrangements to transfer local authority residential care homes to independent control ; it also gives Directions from the Secretary of State for Health about local authorities ' continuing responsibility for residents in transferred homes whose care was arranged by the local authority under Section 21(1) of the National Assistance Act 1948 ( as amended by paragraph 2(1) , Schedule 23 to the Local Government Act 1972 ) and under paragraph 2 , Schedule 8 to the National Health Service Act 1977 . |
| 11 | Local authorities ' waste disposal operations will be set up as ‘ competitive arm 's length ’ companies to be separate from councils ' responsibilities for policing environmental standards . |
| 12 | Introduction of local authorities ' performance indicators under the Citizen 's Charter |
| 13 | The main reason for the decline in housebuilding in the public sector is the strict control of local authorities ' capital spending by the central government , as part of the government 's attempt to control overall public expenditure . |
| 14 | The system of raising local authorities ' revenue by means of the rating system ( where the rateable value of property served as the basis for payment ) had been unpopular for many years . |
| 15 | The award , adding £30 million to local authorities ' wage bills , boosts a qualified firefighter 's pay £15 to £305 a week from November . |
| 16 | Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley , then junior health minister , felt local authorities ' contracts with private agencies would be enough to protect clients . |
| 17 | We would welcome contact from practitioners , advocates , academics and others who may be able to help us with their advice , ideas , articles and experience ; in particular correspondence from local authorities ' children 's rights officers . |
| 18 | For example , in the past two years many applications have been made against local authorities ' handling of assessment and service delivery for children with special educational needs . |
| 19 | The same applies to local authorities ' responsibilities under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act . |
| 20 | For instance , home owners are challenging local authorities ' proposed new contracts on the grounds that their terms are unfair . |
| 21 | The young mothers take up the local authorities ' slack stock . |
| 22 | The Commission does not believe that it would be fruitful simply to gauge individual local authorities ' spending levels against aggregate spending levels ( 1983 , p. 17 ) : |
| 23 | In Scotland , the local authorities ' auditors duties are contained in the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1983 All auditors of local authority accounts for periods commencing after 31 March 1983 are expected to observe the Standards for the External Audit of Scottish Local Authorities published by the Accounts Commission ( a similar body to the Audit Commission for England and Wales ) . |
| 24 | Clearly the departments intend to keep a check on how it is spent , and they can even check the local authorities ' own financial manoeuvres by the powerful instrument of loan sanction . |
| 25 | Central government , then , exercises considerable power , not only over the services it administers directly , such as social security , but also over those that are the local authorities ' own concern , such as education or personal social services . |
| 26 | Then , in addition , it decided it must limit local authorities ' powers to go on increasing local rates . |
| 27 | In 1987 an unpublished report , known as SHARPEN ( Scottish Health Authorities Review of Priorities for the Eighties and Nineties ) , pointed out the deficiency of local authority provision for mentally ill people and noted local authorities ' particular responsibilities under the Mental Health ( Scotland ) Act 1984 . |
| 28 | Instead a growing number of elderly demented people were admitted because of the local authorities ' failure to provide alternative care . |
| 29 | Research on the involvement of disabled people in preparing local authorities ' community care plans in April 1992 illustrates some of the barriers . |
| 30 | Getting the right balance of ‘ in house ’ provision and ‘ contracted out ’ services will vary from one locality to another and will reflect local authorities ' employment policies as well as the availability of effective local voluntary organizations . |