Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] authority ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | decisions are sometimes influenced by factors such as the local authority 's policies , political views of Board members and the character of the appellant . |
| 2 | John Murphy , regional member for Coatbridge North and Glenboig , challenged the claim by the Monklands District Council leader , Jim Brooks , that allegations about the Labour-controlled authority 's jobs practice are unfounded . |
| 3 | One of the southern authority 's main potable supply rivers , for example , consists in dry weather of more than 50 per cent effluent ; and another river flowing through a major city in the northern authority is over 90 per cent effluent . |
| 4 | This was the source of the central authorities ' difficulty in making adequate assessments . |
| 5 | Cecil Melling ( the chairman of the Eastern Board , who had supported Schiller 's work since before nationalisation and took costing more seriously than his fellow chairmen ) for a time gained the support of the Central Authority 's commercial department for the better reflection of off-peak costs in the bulk tariff , but the other Area Board chairmen strongly opposed the initiative . |
| 6 | In a bold demonstration of the federal authorities ' resolve to thwart any concrete Slovene actions which might lead to secession , late on Oct. 4 JNA military police occupied the Slovene territorial defence force headquarters in Ljubljana ( Slovenia 's capital ) . |
| 7 | Coun Bill Dixon , chairman of the Labour-led authority 's housing committee , said the housing programme had been slashed from over £5m last year to just £2.8m . |
| 8 | Once the missing items are identified and the true content of the whole authority 's stock has been verified , the selection of new and replacement titles can proceed on a more reliable basis . |
| 9 | Instead a growing number of elderly demented people were admitted because of the local authorities ' failure to provide alternative care . |
| 10 | I refer not only to the substantial amount of money that was made available , resulting in a £45 per week rise for nursing homes , which cost us a total of £225 million , but to the amendment that allowed the Secretary of State , after community care had been in place for some time , to take account of the local authorities ' assessments of reasonable rates and of their experiences in general . |
| 11 | To satisfy the demands of the local authority 's building inspector , who was not happy with this lack of fire compartmentation in a single-staircase building incorporating many levels , these sliding doors were tensioned against counterweights so that in the event of a fire , fusible links in the cables restraining the counterweights would melt , causing the weights to drop and drawing the doors closed . |
| 12 | A major problem that arose at an early stage was the reconciliation of the local authority 's requirements for one car-parking space per flat with the DoE 's refusal to fund a scheme in which the entire ground floor would be used for parking . |
| 13 | The festival now takes place in July at the Grand Theatre , the famous City Varieties , Leeds Playhouse , Leeds Civic Theatre , and three of the local authority 's community theatres . |
| 14 | The latter remedy is only possible in practice however where the work to be executed is within the scope of the local authority 's expertise . |
| 15 | On 19 July 1991 the foster mother applied for leave to apply for judicial review of the local authority 's decision to remove the four children from her , that being at the time the only procedure which was open to her . |
| 16 | The justices made the residence orders , stated that they adopted the guardian ad litem 's view of the local authority 's actions , and ordered the authority to pay the father 's costs assessed at £7,171 . |
| 17 | The father , however , was dissatisfied with what he thought to be the inadequacy of the local authority 's endeavours in this regard and he instructed solicitors . |
| 18 | ‘ We adopt the guardian ad litem 's view of the local authority 's actions and order the father 's full costs to be paid by the local authority , assessed at £7,171.50 . |
| 19 | I have read the report of the guardian ad litem and such information as I have which would indicate her view of the local authority 's actions now on several occasions and I have to say that I do not understand what findings the justices believed that they were making or what reasons they were giving for their decision in that brief statement , which I have just quoted in full . |
| 20 | On the same day C. and D. executed a legal charge in favour of the building society and later received the balance of the sum of £15,000 , after the deduction of £1,800 for the discharge of the local authority 's charge and other costs . |
| 21 | Following completion W. H. Hopkins & Co. released to the Hammonds the balance of the £15,000 , after deduction of £1,800 odd needed to discharge the local authority 's registered charge and of a sum in respect of their own costs , and on 17 September 1979 sent to Warrens the transfer , apparently executed by Mrs. Steed as attorney for Mr. Steed , together with the discharge of the local authority 's charge and various other conveyancing documents . |
| 22 | There are many aspects of the local authority 's role as enabler — through the provision of land , planning permission and so on — which should make it possible to exert such influence on the private sector . |
| 23 | It was a significant factor to be taken into account when assessing the reasonableness of the local authority 's conduct in attempting to allocate children to the correct school . |
| 24 | In that case , which involved the transfer of patients and the lease of a building from one drug dependency foundation to another as a result of the local authority 's decision to transfer its subsidy , the Court took the same view that the decisive criterion was whether the business in question retained its identity and adopted a similar approach to the range of factors to be taken into account by the national court in deciding this matter . |
| 25 | ‘ The sheriff made an order placing the girl into the care of the local authority 's social works department . ’ |
| 26 | One direct result of the nuclear authorities ' assumptions on the remote possibility of catastrophic accidents , however , was that its plans for dealing with an emergency were consequently limited . |
| 27 | This remains a principle of good practice to be followed today as it is always open to the court to find the case proved on evidence adduced by the guardian despite the local authority 's desire to withdraw proceedings . |
| 28 | Ocean Environmental Management has applied for a 30,000-tonne plant at Seal Sands , Teesside , and is appealing against the local authority 's refusal to allow it . |
| 29 | Most planning decisions are administrative acts against which appeal lies only to the secretary of state , but in the case of a determination of whether or not planning permission is required , the question is a mixed one of fact and law : thus not only is there the normal right of appeal against the local authority 's decision to the secretary of state , there is also a right of appeal against his decision to the High Court . |
| 30 | Suitable products and the exact extent of their application should be agreed with the local authority 's building control officer before the rebuilding work is commenced . |