Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the local [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony , of Scarisbrick Drive , Norris Green , plays for the local East Villa club and team mates joined his father , Michael , in an all-night vigil at Walton Hospital . |
| 2 | Local members as , er appreciate with this paper will be kept informed and will also I should of said the Chairman of the Transport and Road Safety Sub Committee , because the process of consultation wo n't work effectively unless local views are heard and they of course can be heard through the local member . |
| 3 | Previously I ran my own school of machine knitting and also taught machine knitting for the local Education Authority at a nearby college . |
| 4 | As a label , Gramola is still revived from time to time for releases that are primarily designed for the local market . |
| 5 | Bakeries and dairies provide for the local market . |
| 6 | We head for the local needle park . |
| 7 | A consultant radiologist was nominated as the local research coordinator and was responsible for the day to day running of the study and the preliminary public relations work . |
| 8 | Thanks to his hobby some splendid pictures of his son and daughter 's early life were preserved — on their tricycles , walking through the local park , playing with their cousins , skating and skiing , and some more imposing ones of them with the grown-ups — getting into the car while Kerry the chauffeur holds the door open ; looking very serious with the uncles and aunts , their mother appearing to be taken up with the idea of not being photographed with them ! |
| 9 | Although much of the provision for unemployed people is organised through the local education authorities , this university project illustrates that the RBs ( referred to earlier in the liberal model ) can also play an important role in developing this work . |
| 10 | But he ranted and raged and rampaged through the local cemetery . |
| 11 | At any rate , at the next ward meeting , he suggested that I might like to stand for the local council . |
| 12 | The new county of Cleveland created after the local government re-organisation of 1974 has failed to create a sense of identity amongst its inhabitants and many still feel a sense of belonging to North Yorkshire . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought a quick gallop , a guzzle of the local tincture and a few snaps to record the event for posterity . ’ |
| 14 | It looks like the local supermarket , but it 's actually Britain 's newest prison . |
| 15 | The message added : ‘ The district council has taken legal advice from senior counsel who have confirmed that the district council did have a case which it could competently pursue against the local paper . |
| 16 | Nearby , alum has been worked for centuries and we could still see the remains of the old landing stage where little coasters brought brimming vats of urine from London , which was mixed with the local mineral to produce dyestuff fasteners for textiles . |
| 17 | ‘ The site enables us to carry on our day to day business without interfering with the local community . |
| 18 | If these groups persisted in their protest then they were drawn into sham " participation " exercises with the local authority that experience shows did more to neuter their dissent than to advance their real interests . |
| 19 | Where the local authority is to be required to adopt the roads , the developer will be given the alternative of either : ( a ) Depositing with the local authority a cash deposit covering the full estimated cost of the work . |
| 20 | Alternating with the local programme are day trips away for anyone who 's keen , visiting Kosta or Maistraki for a swim and a taverna lunch , sailing to Spetse town to explore ashore , or anchoring off Blue bay or White church bay for a lazy picnic . |
| 21 | After buying groceries , I suggested a drink , and we wandered into the local inn . |
| 22 | It was only a matter of a few hours before the stranger had been slotted into the local kinship network ; and the recognition of kinship was mutual . |
| 23 | So I do feel for the chump who , late for a smart dinner party , dashes into the local off-licence and forks out £50 for a bottle of Mouton Rothschild 1988 . |
| 24 | He 'd only got to be told by Charlie that he 'd be leaving the High Street by the bridge and walking along the local river . ’ |
| 25 | He ‘ does n't drive much ’ : simply walking along the local village road gives him enough of the excitement of modern transport . |
| 26 | This does not mean that national history and culture will not bulk large in the educational systems of particular countries , especially the smaller ones , or that they may not flourish locally within a much broader supranational framework as , say , Catalan culture today flourishes , but on the tacit assumption that it is Catalans who will communicate with the rest of the world through Spanish and English , since few non-residents in Catalonia will be able to communicate in the local language . |
| 27 | He stated that the raft boys at Holme Pierrepont have habitually come from the local borstal . |
| 28 | In relation to transfer , about 50 per cent of employment had come from the local area and almost 25 per cent from the region . |
| 29 | Over this time , 0.022 melanomas would have been expected in the local population . |
| 30 | Nowadays , many top designers also produce mass-produced goods which we can buy in the local department store . |