Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] [vb pp] [prep] local " in BNC.
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| 1 | The book , entitled ‘ The Land of the Roe ’ , has been written by local school teacher Mr Samuel Mitchell and has been produced in association with Limavady Borough Council mainly as a resource for schools and colleges in the council area . |
| 2 | In five out of the last seven years the success rate for this type of appeal has been the first or second highest for all categories and almost one in every two appeals has been lost by local authorities . |
| 3 | Sarah Sabin , 27 , who has a studio in Trinity Street , Colchester , has been assisted by local people in creating a map of the area , including roads , buildings and other major landmarks . |
| 4 | The steady rise in quality of the materials produced and developed at Dudley Teachers ' Centre , for instance , is an excellent example ; the centre has an enthusiastic warden and much of the work has developed under the stimulus of an outstanding educational adviser , but the content of the materials has been developed by local teachers with admirable results ( mostly limited at present to print-form ) . |
| 5 | Yes Chairman , of the hundred and sixty thousand plus cost , erm , part of the contribution by the major servicing committee , and I understand that they advised me the balance has been made from local contributions , and charitable sources . |
| 6 | Turner , 41 , who returned to the club as manager almost two years ago , has been joined by local businessmen Alf Hand and Shaun Riley to buy out Oxford-based chairman and owner John Devaney . |
| 7 | A questionnaire concerned with the structure of the labour force , work conditions and health and safety at work has been sent to local branches of every trade union in Norwich and the surrounding area , through the trade union representatives ; this survey provides valuable information on employment and conditions of work , as well as on rates of unionisation . |
| 8 | The venture has been masterminded by local farmer Brian Craven with backing from a Dutch consortium . |
| 9 | Will he also tell us why he has refused to adopt the alternative package approach , involving a mixture of public transport and road schemes , that has been advocated by local authorities in the west midlands ? |
| 10 | Also , at the Palmira Works , free training has been given to local fire brigades on how to manage emergencies involving hazardous materials . |
| 11 | APPROVAL has been given by local planners for a detached house to be built on land adjacent to Glebe End in Vicarage Lane , Ropley . |
| 12 | PERMISSION for the addition of a bedroom and bathroom at Long Reach , 12 Lymington Bottom Road , Four Marks has been granted by local planners . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The ruling has been attacked by local shopkeepers and by a member of the town council . |
| 15 | Finally , the situation has been worsened by local factors such as local government reorganization in 1974 which converted the former Huddersfield town council , seemingly better disposed towards the polytechnic , into Kirklees Metropolitan Council , and difficult personal relationships between the senior management of the polytechnic and leading local councillors . |
| 16 | This accounting method has been used in local government throughout its modern context in the UK , i.e. since 1835 ; indeed , it was used before that as well . |
| 17 | Implementation has been left to local managers , who appear to have baulked at that option . |
| 18 | It has been overtaken by local practices and informal agreements — and that has been the case since mechanisation of the industry began in the 1950s . |
| 19 | investment ) , tourism and weaving underpin the fragile economy which is or has been augmented by local centres of enterprise such as the oil platform fabrication yard at Arnish near Stornoway ( now closed ) , the rocket-range support base at Ballavanich , the military developments at Stornoway airfield and scattered small scale initiatives such as fish processing and , notably , salmon farming in sheltered bays and sea lochs . |
| 20 | Some assistance has been provided by local sponsorship and training grants ( formerly from the Manpower Services Commission ) have been made available . |
| 21 | In the past this has been provided by local authority residential homes ( or private equivalents ) and long stay NHS beds , depending on the independence of the person concerned . |
| 22 | The IRA attack has been slammed by local councillors who accused the terrorists of showing a ‘ complete disregard ’ for life . |
| 23 | The needle enters this space by passing between two of the lumbar vertebrae ( the lowest of the bones that make up the spine ) after the whole area has been infiltrated with local anaesthetic . |
| 24 | The LNHS is the long-established basis for studies of natural history in London , and the society 's approach has been complemented by local groups with environmental interests . |
| 25 | The policy U-turn has been welcomed by local authorities , who claimed they did not have the resources needed to draw up the registers , and by building and property groups . |
| 26 | It also reminds Beijing that permission has been refused for local protesters to erect a replica Statue of Democracy on a permanent site . |
| 27 | The Primeurs division of Fournier , based in Avignon , has been sold to local producer Gattini . |
| 28 | Now the control tower of this famous wartime airfield has been restored by local enthusiasts who form the Three Hundred and Ninetieth Memorial Air Museum . |