Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [prep] a local [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philip Swallow finds the VC 's memorandum , its envelope still unopened , at the bottom of his In-tray , trapped between the pages of a brochure for Bargain Winter Breaks in Belgium which he had picked up from a local travel agency some weeks ago . |
| 2 | Apart from certain matters which are specifically declared not to constitute development ( for example , internal alterations to buildings , works of road maintenance , or improvement carried out by a local highway authority within the boundaries of a road ) and others which , though possibly constituting development , are declared not to require planning permission , there is provision for the secretary of state to make a General Development Order ( GDO ) specifying classes of ‘ permitted ’ development , and a Use Classes Order specifying groups of uses within which interchange is permissible . |
| 3 | Indeed a mill design developed during the 1950s was turned down by a local planning enquiry : one of the aims of the CEGB 's current wind programme is to gain some feedback on public attitudes to modern designs . |
| 4 | She has been through a marriage , a divorce , and a serious love affair ; learnt Russian , written regularly for a local paper and taught a young child disabled by a stroke to read again . |
| 5 | The architect was Thomas Rickman , who had got together with a local ironmaster , John Cragg , and built St George 's Church at Everton in 1814 with much cast iron in the structure . |
| 6 | Amidst declining opportunities for casual work , the unrest was sparked off by a local government decision to end an emergency aid programme . |
| 7 | A new code of conduct for street entertainers has been drawn up by a local authority . |
| 8 | Many times I 'm called up by a local doctor and asked to do what is called a DV — a domiciliary visit to assess the mental state of an individual . |
| 9 | The scheme was carried out by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration ( AAA ) and the committees were set up at a local level with farmer representatives from the various areas of production , such as wheat , cotton , dairy produce , rice and tobacco . |
| 10 | A COMPLAINTS system is being set up by a local authority to make it easier for residents to complain about the service that the council offers . |
| 11 | In the event the first two centres demonstrated the dual approach to much advisory work in that one was set up by a local authority ( in Lambeth ) and one by voluntary bodies ( in South Kensington ) . |
| 12 | The Redbridge Care Attendant Scheme , for instance , was set up by a local association for handicapped people with funding from various sources , including the Greater London Association for the Disabled ( address on page 146 ) . |
| 13 | A research institute has teamed up with a local college to offer joint degree courses . |
| 14 | The tank has 50 kg each of coral sand and gravel and 300 kg of rock , which Jay brought back from a local quarry . |
| 15 | The elm paddles of the iron wheel were renewed and the mechanism was modified to operate on the ‘ undershot ’ principle because a lowering of water levels brought about by a local flood alleviation scheme made impracticable the restoration of the original ‘ breast-shot ’ arrangement . |
| 16 | The Severn Trent Water Authority brought the prosecution as the water had run off into a local water course , polluting rivers which boasted some of the finest fishing in the area . |
| 17 | He was built rather heavily even for his height , a monumental creature admirably suited to these classic and heroic surroundings ; and his face was a mask of antique beauty , but crudely cut out of a local stone . |
| 18 | Few coffin-makers had the talent to fashion such an item , so an order would have gone out to a local plumber . |
| 19 | On the village green is a stone block said to have been placed there by a local lord of short stature , to help him mount his horse . |
| 20 | Happily , the stories live on , such as the visiting sportsman who , when boasting about his prowess with the gun , was easily put down by a local crofter : ‘ Man , that is nothing . |
| 21 | One had formerly been an occupational therapy aide with elderly people and then a voluntary day centre manager ; the other had community work qualifications and experience , and had worked both in a local authority and an Age Concern setting . |
| 22 | Meanwhile a row of ten cottages has been put up by a local builder at a cost of twenty five thousand pounds.And although they 're made of plywood , there 's already been one prospective purchaser : |
| 23 | The monument was brought from Stanwick in about 1920 , Mr Carter says , and it was put up by a local firm , Charge Brothers . |
| 24 | Before the site became part of a private country park the building was lived in by a local tenant farmer named Mrs Hollington . |