Example sentences of "are [verb] by the local [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather like small urban AONBs except that they are designated by the local planning authority as part of their planning function . |
| 2 | Free activities : A selection of walks are organised by the local tourist office . |
| 3 | These are dominated by the local authority within whose boundaries the park lies ; for example , Devon administers the Dartmoor National Park . |
| 4 | In many areas such schemes are operated by the local chamber of commerce or residents ' association . |
| 5 | Voluntary aided schools are governed by an instrument of government ( constituting the governing body ) and articles of government ( regulating the way the school is to be governed ) both of which are made by the local education authority : section 1 of the Education ( No. 2 ) Act 1986 . |
| 6 | Such individuals may wait many weeks on remand in a prison hospital wing , sometimes even in a cell in a local police station , before they are assessed by the local service . |
| 7 | That pattern has continued : a majority of the centres now in operation are run by the local authority , and the rest are independent , many either run by or associated with Shelter . |
| 8 | His hopes are echoed by the local MP : |
| 9 | Cesspools are simply lined holes in the ground which act as reservoirs for sewage until they are emptied by the local authority . |
| 10 | These certificates are issued by the local fire authority . |
| 11 | The ancestors rarely act on their own initiative : generally these avenging angels of justice are invoked by the local elder . |