Example sentences of "[verb] up by local " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the eastern provinces , where there were well-established traditions of kingship , many surviving dedications were made up by local communities who likened the reigning emperor to a god . |
| 2 | Ministers are considering an embarrassing U-turn after two disastrous periods of consultation in which they were told that the lists , to be drawn up by local authorities , would cause blight on thousands of acres and hit land and property values . |
| 3 | If Mr Benn is voted out it will reinforce Labour 's belief in wider use of ballots , rather than having polls stitched up by local activists . |
| 4 | Apart from small orders , usually of nuns , set up by local bishops for local needs , religious orders have always had considerable independence from the bishops . |
| 5 | At The Moot , Downton , a remarkable garden has been rescued by a preservation trust set up by local people . |
| 6 | ‘ Hygienic milk depots ’ were set up by local authorities ( the first in St. Helens in 1899 ) to provide sterile milk for bottle-fed babies , although the standard of hygiene even of this milk was sometimes dubious . |
| 7 | The Christian communities ( Comunidades Cristianas de Base ) were initially small study groups set up by local parishes to discuss social problems and to try to find practical ways of solving them through community action . |
| 8 | Weslo Housing Management — a new organisation set up by local Scottish Homes management and staff — have lodged a rival bid to take over all the housing stock in the district . |
| 9 | In 1968 an urban programme was established under the Home Office , and over the years several thousand small-scale projects , put up by local authorities and voluntary organizations , were approved for capital expenditure . |
| 10 | Are these rationalisations taken up by local ‘ politicians ’ or are they neglected ? |
| 11 | This was taken up by local historians as an opportunity to highlight the indignity committed against the town and to use that as an excuse for Stamford 's embarrassing decline into a small provincial town the ‘ sleepy hollow ’ backwater of the nineteenth century . |
| 12 | What was most encouraging was the extent to which common goals and ideals were backed up by local collaboration and a significant amount of interaction at the field level ; what was most disappointing was that this continued to be overlaid by an enduring legacy of suspicion — even hostility — at more senior levels . |
| 13 | Local residents in Wootton have become increasingly worried that high-intensity paint spraying will bring unpleasant smells and health hazards to the area , and they 've been backed up by local M P , John Patten as well as the Vale of White Horse District Council , whose planning committee have voted to stop Hartwells expanding their Wootton site into what they described as an industrial park . |
| 14 | Later , items prised away on doorsteps end up either in the Lanes — a cluster of antique shops with a bijou veneer , much frequented by visitors to Brighton — or , if they are not snapped up by local dealers , at markets in London . |