Example sentences of "authority had the " in BNC.

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1 The Local Education Authority had the right to take up another 25 per cent of the places ( the so-called ‘ reserved ’ places ) .
2 The fact that the local authority had the legal right to control the premises made them occupiers to the exclusion of the previous owners of the house .
3 Last year , Scotland 's 16 health boards were reconstituted so that no trade unions or local authorities had the right of membership , and they are now dominated by the Tories ' natural allies — business people — under the cloak of rhetoric about bringing in commercial nous ( see box ) .
4 Thereafter , the authorities had the evidence from the JCP 's own objectives to justify the suppression and extinction of opposition by labelling it Marxist .
5 Local authorities had the power to build houses for sale and to sell houses originally built for renting before 1980 , but the proportion of dwellings sold was relatively slight until the Conservative government of 1970–4 presided over a substantial upsurge in sales .
6 The hon. Gentleman might more accurately have asked which local authorities had the highest number of vacant dwellings .
7 Earlier in the week local authorities had the chance to question NGC witnesses .
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