Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [art] local " in BNC.

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1 I put her name down for the local hospice without her permission , because although she defiantly insisted she did n't want anything to do with it , I thought things might change as she deteriorated .
2 You need to put the S T D code in for a local call .
3 There will be video feedback too , and those who feel up to it can go in for the local skischool giant slalom race .
4 and down with the local tyrants , it 's down with the system as it stands or
5 Once the day care centre is no longer suitable we may introduce the sitter service ; link in with the local day hospital or it may lead to long term care .
6 Ever since the oil companies came to Shetland they , along with the local authority , have supported regular sea-bird monitoring programmes , with a full-time independent biologist to run them .
7 She could tell she was going to get no response from Coffin , although he was being polite , when a crowd of youngsters swarmed in from the local youth club .
8 The procedure thus adopted is one of first checking the spatial relationships in the orthogonal reference space and , if not as desired , moving down to a local containing domain before the uncertainty is reported .
9 Initially , the checks are performed at the model domain level , filtering down to a local geometric or primitive level wherever necessary .
10 This is down to a local council 's Engineers Department who provide the street names for new developments .
11 what power does each of them have in the state apparatus ( principally the legislature , the army , police , certain key ministries and their line agencies down to the local level ) , and outside it — in the countryside , Chambers of Commerce , the shop-floor , and so on ?
12 ‘ The hotel bar was closed and we were all famished so it seemed like a good idea to trek down to the local ‘ pub ’ to search out a few sarnies , ’ says Gedge .
13 The stones are sometimes said to turn round or dance before going down to the local stream or lake to drink .
14 I filled up cardboard boxes with its contents and took them down to the local charity shop .
15 Head down to the local travel agent and check out the availability of sun-drenched spring breaks at resorts catering to families with small children ;
16 If parents want to leave a child in the garden with a dog , it 's their responsibility , but anywhere else , even down to the local shop , children should never take a dog out .
17 He put me on a stretcher , had me carried about half a mile across fields to an ambulance , which in turn took me down to the local advanced dressing station .
18 With the Sky Blues set to overtake the Canaries if they win at Highfield Road , Gould took his team down to the local for pint of two of Guinness !
19 In those days , if you stuck an advert for the cinema in your window , you got free tickets , and long before I ever understood any kind of plot , we 'd all troop down to the local flea pit and watch whatever was showing .
20 And there will come amongst you one who will pop down to the local for a pint with the lads .
21 Down to the local microwave store ; there they all were , not a lot to choose between them really .
22 Once upon a time that was just ‘ Paris ’ which , in dilute form , finally filtered down to the local ladies ' modes .
23 Yes , after the morning paper it was down to the local market , er one hour with the butcher , a butcher , chappie named Welsh , two stall he had .
24 In his opening speech , the hon. Member for Birkenhead said that we should ’ bring forward ’ the arrangements which will prevail after 1993 , but it will not be down to the local adjudication officer to assess people to decide the appropriate care and to assess the reasonable rate .
25 The advantages to the Commission of programme financing arose from the long-term nature of such a plan for regional development , which required agreement on financing arrangements in advance from all the concerned parties down to the local government level .
26 That 's interesting where do they meet , walk down to the local church and that 's great well what sort of time do they meet oh you know eleven till five ?
27 Despite being taken aback by the cost of kitting ourselves out , we went along to the local diving club , full of enthusiasm .
28 It was then that I decided to help myself , so I went along to the local college and enrolled in what appeared to me to be ‘ a way to relax ’ — the Alexander Technique .
29 Aggie persevered with the kitten and when it was time to get it neutered she went along to the local vet , who informed her that the tomcat was in fact a ‘ she ’ .
30 Meanwhile , for one glorious day , millions were able to ‘ take action ’ and assuage a whole year 's guilt in one go , by writing a cheque , phoning in a credit card number , or trotting along to the local collection point with cash .
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