Example sentences of "the local " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alison Maunsell , ACET 's East Midlands regional co-ordinator based in Northampton , has been invited to join H.I.V. T.E.S.P.I. ( Training , Education , Support & Public Initiative ) , a forum run by the local health authority . |
| 2 | 11.00am — Tony has been given an appointment at the local hospital . |
| 3 | Open racism in court may continue throughout the trial : one defendant was defended by an attorney who regularly used the term ‘ nigger ’ to describe his client and , it later transpired , was the local Grand Wizard for the Ku Klux Klan . |
| 4 | The local queen falls in love with him , and it seems that the journey to Italy might be called off . |
| 5 | The local authority to which he applied refused to provide the necessary grant , and the person was sadly compelled to turn down a place on a one-year post-graduate course which had already been offered to him . |
| 6 | I know it 's silly but I find it hard to take them seriously and really concentrate and not be distracted by the local cat cleaning himself on a window ledge or some such thing . |
| 7 | When the British state began its policies of social interventionism from 1945 , it succeeded in fragmenting the local power base of unionism by centralizing the sources of welfare and making them at least in part available across the sectarian divide . |
| 8 | Priests continued to act as sponsors of the local catholic — nationalist political structure , chairing meetings of the party and permitting the political use of the parish hall . |
| 9 | Those nearer the top , particularly in the Black Preceptory , the inner sanctum of the society structure , are there because of their moral and religious standing in the local community : wealthy farmers , businessmen , good churchmen , or at least of known moral probity . |
| 10 | There can also be little doubt that the devotional revolution had a significant impact on the life of local catholic communities , especially as social life came to have a very strong relationship to the local parish and its priests . |
| 11 | Presbyterians retained a consciousness of their Scottish origins and came to have a significant presence in the local economy and finance institutions , predominating in the North and East . |
| 12 | One must also remember in this respect that a key feature of Church of Ireland organization is the local select vestry , which involves the laity in debate and discussion with clergy . |
| 13 | The organization of presbyterianism rests strongly upon the local community , with its division of authority between minister and elders . |
| 14 | The elders are individuals of good-standing drawn from the local laity , who both appoint their minister and have considerable control over his or her activities — there is at present one woman minister with a congregation in Northern Ireland . |
| 15 | A further particularity stressed in the protestant — loyalist account is the initiative and bravado of the local protestant apprentice boys who defied the city 's governor , Robert Lundy . |
| 16 | Though the Cosgrave government then in power insisted on the appointment , the local population and authorities boycotted the operation of the library , and the government had to concede by moving the librarian elsewhere . |
| 17 | When the matter was debated in the Dáil , Fianna Fáil opposed the government view , and de Valera himself supported the local population 's opposition on the same religious grounds . |
| 18 | That the local priests continued to play a significant part in the regulation of local sexual morality from the beginning of the state is shown by accounts of ‘ boy meets girl ’ from the 1920s . |
| 19 | Some feared the use of the schools by proselytizers to indoctrinate the children in protestant principles , especially as the local managers were at first mainly clergy of the established church . |
| 20 | As priests controlled the local school directly , this was seen to be a direct attack on their role in the school system . |
| 21 | In Northern Ireland , the catholic schools ' sector is provided for out of state funds , and remains under the governorship of the local clergy , now assisted by laity and members of the local educational and library boards . |
| 22 | In Northern Ireland , the catholic schools ' sector is provided for out of state funds , and remains under the governorship of the local clergy , now assisted by laity and members of the local educational and library boards . |
| 23 | Many Roman catholic schools up to 1968 were financed for capital expenditure by the local church as part of the church 's determination not to lose control of them . |
| 24 | In 1928 , these schools entered the system of maintained schools , whereby , in exchange for full payment of current costs and 65 per cent of capital expenditure , the former owners and managers , usually churches , were allowed two-thirds representation on the local board of management , with the other third coming from the local authority . |
| 25 | In 1928 , these schools entered the system of maintained schools , whereby , in exchange for full payment of current costs and 65 per cent of capital expenditure , the former owners and managers , usually churches , were allowed two-thirds representation on the local board of management , with the other third coming from the local authority . |
| 26 | The main owner of such schools is usually and indirectly the Church of Ireland , and current expenditure and salaries are provided by the state , with the board of governors presided over by the local minister . |
| 27 | They are organizationally secular schools , though some clergy are members of the local governing committees and this has always been a feature . |
| 28 | A dispute with the local rector and manager led to a group of parents withdrawing their support from the school and coming together to form the Dalkey School Project . |
| 29 | Another project at Marley Grange in South Dublin was less successful , due in part to the Church of Ireland deciding to support its own primary school in the area , and in part to the open opposition of the local Roman catholic clergy . |
| 30 | The two Roman catholic priests , who were in all respects dedicated pastors and much liked by many in the local community , immediately opposed the idea , preaching against it at Sunday masses in the local convent and the school hall . |