Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [prep] local " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intimate links with the countryside were maintained , for the craftsmen drew upon local resources for their raw materials and also serviced a wide area . |
| 2 | It is possible that here , and again in Norfolk in 1549 , the basic grievances lay in local rather than national conditions . |
| 3 | This list of companies ranged from local miners to multinational giants . |
| 4 | Nurse-maids with their children were a common sight but as yet there were a few hotels and most visitors took ‘ rooms ’ with the local inhabitants who cooked the food which their guests bought at local shops . |
| 5 | First , the studies looked at local councillors themselves - at their attitudes and perceptions , at their organization and relationship with their political party , and at their political activity . |
| 6 | Two members lived in local authority homes and 15 in households characterised by unemployment and chronically sick and/or lone parents . |
| 7 | The initial capital for canals and turnpikes came from local sources . |
| 8 | A further example of the alienating effect national anti-nuclear protestors had on local people was provided by the DUC 's Ralph Shepherd when he described one of a series of meetings organized by the DUC to which anti-nuclear groups nationally were invited : |
| 9 | To satisfy political aspirations some LDCs ' governments nationalised ( took into state ownership ) foreign banking operations , whilst others insisted on local incorporation into a subsidiary company in which the government or its nationals had a shareholding . |
| 10 | The students stayed with local families and visited local schools , companies and the local authorities . |