Example sentences of "be [vb pp] at the local [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many communities had become sharply divided as a result of the way the penal laws had been enforced at the local level , and understandably Nonconformists retained a deep distrust of their Anglican neighbours who until recently had been the agents of their destruction . |
| 2 | Implicit in these works is the belief that national developments were unproblematically reflected at the local level , that the national was simply an aggregate of the local : ‘ There is a sense in which the achievements and failings of Labourism at the national level are mirrored at the local level , a sense in which constituency Labour parties are a microcosm of the national Labour Party ’ ( Forester 1976 p 71 ) . |
| 3 | I would say ninety five percent of people in the village are employed at the local colliery . |
| 4 | I had a curious brush with the law myself once when I was sent by my employer to attend a day seminar on drugs to be given at the local university by a police sergeant . |
| 5 | It will be targeted at the local population with specific events/ workshops for schools , service users and carers . |
| 6 | Enquiries about the social fund , ( Page 2 ) income support ( Page 2 ) and fuel direct ( Page 8 ) should be made at the local office of the Department of Social Security . |
| 7 | Most importantly the hotel gains a security system whose cards can not be copied at the local locksmith . |
| 8 | Placement may assist in pulling together the framework and coherent objectives for partnerships ; can explore how other organisations may be used ; is able to secure commitment to growth by partners through direct experience of one another ; establishes communications between the various partners ; may be used to identify who should be involved and at what levels ; provides a regular data and information flow through its exchange mechanism ; may indicate for the local area the support available from national employers that may be utilised at the local level ; constructs environments where introductions are purposeful between the partners and can adopt an incremental approach to partnership activity . |
| 9 | Clare baked nothing that could be found at the local baker and charged what she considered exorbitant prices , which people seemed happy to pay in cash . |
| 10 | If you have any queries about reception or frequency please ring our special radio Helpline on 0345 010313 during office hours — you 'll only be charged at the local rate . |
| 11 | Avis Rent A Car Limited is to use Mercury Communications Ltd 's LocalCall 0645 telephone service in its central reservations centre , which handles national and international bookings : using the service , customers will be able to ring the centre to make a reservation and calls will be charged at the local rate . |
| 12 | The horse could be left at the local inn and its owner would soon come looking for it . |
| 13 | Walking in this area is very extensive , and it ranges from gentle strolls around the lake , to strenuous hikes up and down the mountains : walking maps can be obtained at the local tourist office . |
| 14 | The fact that very little concerted thought had been given to organizing the juvenile labour-market does not mean that no action had been taken at the local level by schools , skilled employment committees , and several or more local education authorities . |
| 15 | All these general trends are , however , capable of being reversed at the local level where conditions may occasionally fly in the face of the overall pattern . |
| 16 | But yesterday Mr Fallon said his comments were aimed at the local education authority and not the schools themselves . |
| 17 | From the date your application for a title search is received at the local Land Registry , you have 30 working days ( ie not less than six weeks ) within which period your client has priority over any other person who searches or seeks to register a dealing . |
| 18 | While the landowners ' organisation is isolated at the local level , the problems of compensation for affected landowners and of management of the protected areas remain , largely due to the reluctance of the government . |
| 19 | However the most dramatic growth is observed at the local scale ; in 1971 , 159 of the 1,400 administrative divisions in England and Wales had a proportion of the elderly greater than one standard deviation above the national mean ( Allon-Smith 1982 ) . |
| 20 | He was educated at the local church school then , at the age of twelve , went to work for a builders ' business in Lancaster . |
| 21 | Merrick was educated at the local board school in Syston Street , Leicester . |
| 22 | He was educated at the local grammar school and then Caius College , Cambridge , where he took his BA degree in 1665 , before embarking on a grand tour . |
| 23 | He was educated at the local parish school , the Miller Institution , later Thurso Academy , but little is known of his academic record . |
| 24 | The truth is that the health authorities and the social services department engaged in different types of service development , in different contexts , with different resources and with different outcomes — even though a surprisingly uniform ideal of community care was upheld at the local level throughout the service systems . |
| 25 | Meantime , he was employed at the local grocery store as a delivery boy delivering groceries to the local customers on his bike . |
| 26 | A successful prosecution was concluded at the local magistrate 's court on Monday morning . |