Example sentences of "[vb pp] up [prep] the local [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it was vacated no steps were taken to have it boarded up by the local authority . |
| 2 | Although the ex the special allowance was actually withdrawn , but nevertheless , the responsibility for generally dealing with it , was picked up by the local authority . |
| 3 | Previously Venturous had been a noteworthy arrival to be written up in the local press . |
| 4 | What Bennet did not tell the conference was that he had designed special shrouds for the exhaust ports , and his Group engineer had them made up in the local village smithy . |
| 5 | We will decentralise planning decisions as much as possible , giving a key role to the local plan drawn up by the local authority . |
| 6 | It is rumoured that an oil rig is to be set up on the local water meadows . |
| 7 | Committees and forums were set up inside the local authority , the local Trades Council and the local Labour Party , and together they formulated the idea of a new Employment Department to co-ordinate all the council 's efforts to tackle the economic crisis in the city . |
| 8 | Our own central social services inspectorate will be not only carrying out its own inspections , but also checking on the quality and systems of the arm's-length inspectorates that have been set up by the local authorities . |
| 9 | In many cases public meetings are set up by the local Councillor , Community Council or local groups , and arrangements are therefore the responsibility of the organiser . |
| 10 | The latter is either a private network , or one set up by the local authority in your area which operates an alarm system at a central control point . |
| 11 | This means that a higher proportion of children will be brought up in the local authority sector than figures for the distribution of tenure in their parents ' age-band would suggest . |
| 12 | Figure 7.6 shows that the average number of dependent children in the household is generally higher in the local authority sector , especially for young heads of household , but by the late forties , the younger ages of childbearing ( and the earlier leaving-home patterns of those brought up in the local authority sector ) mean that the values are very similar . |
| 13 | In one particular case the Education Committee neglected this way of life argument and only argued the closure on financial grounds ( against Regional policy ) but they were forced to reverse their decision when the matter was taken up by the local MP . |
| 14 | In the past , a notice was usually put up in the local police station . |