Example sentences of "[vb pp] from the local [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stated that the raft boys at Holme Pierrepont have habitually come from the local borstal . |
| 2 | In relation to transfer , about 50 per cent of employment had come from the local area and almost 25 per cent from the region . |
| 3 | A Middlesborough borough councillor since 1987 , recently resigned from the local authority to concentrate on his duties as an MP . |
| 4 | The grapes are picked from the local vineyard and brought to the house where they are crushed . |
| 5 | As rapid economic and social change has worked its way through the countryside , however , the farm worker has found himself increasingly separated from the local village community both socially and — for those living out on the farms — geographically . |
| 6 | Burton-on-Trent is one of the chief centres of the brewing industry , and legend has it that the origin of its pre-eminence was the discovery by a medieval monk that water pumped from the local sandstone after seeping through deposits of gypsum gave beer an excellent flavour . |
| 7 | ‘ There 's Becherovka , a liqueur made from the local water and various herbs , ’ he answered . |
| 8 | I was relieved to find my protege still motionless underneath his breeze block , so I picked him up , showed him the food and then laid him back on a fresh bed made from the local evening paper . |
| 9 | As members will have seen from the local press , the committee decided to postpone the proposed trip to Llangollen on 13th July . |
| 10 | The Course is heavily used by part-time Associate students , mainly home students drawn from the local catchment area . |
| 11 | At least half of Sun CIS Region employees will be drawn from the local IT industry . |
| 12 | At least half of Sun CIS Region employees will be drawn from the local computer industry . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Management committees are composed of people drawn from the local community . |
| 15 | Access to Relevant Material by the Parents ' Solicitors : Solicitors representing parents may experience difficulties in getting background history of the child in care when preparing their cases , whereas solicitors representing Social Services Departments are likely to be drawn from the local authority Legal Departments , and to be fully informed . |
| 16 | Tulips are bought from the local supermarket and thrive magnificently , without ‘ topping up ’ from year to year with more bulbs . |
| 17 | The evening before he had procured from the local library a copy of Gerald Seymour-Strachey 's essay in autobiography , but a quick flick through the index had assured him there was no mention of Walter Machin , and he had n't had time to bone up on the details of the man himself 's career . |
| 18 | Yet again the official syllabus and scheme of work may recommend the purchase and use of local materials gathered from the local environment when official administrative regulations preclude the headmaster from purchasing these and fail to provide him with any facilities for storing them once he has obtained them . |
| 19 | ‘ The Boys ’ , as they were known , formed their own team rather than play in established youth sides but were dismissed from the local league for fighting and violent play . |
| 20 | The wagonette was hired from the local Jobmaster ( who was also the publican ) — ‘ Carriages , open or closed , Breaks , Landaus , Broughams , etc . |
| 21 | Example continued Class time The children examine original documents loaned from the local library , showing what a parish register from this period would have looked like . |
| 22 | ‘ I thought all Archdeacons wanted clergy to live in modern bungalows based on designs derived from the local constabulary ? ’ |
| 23 | She gave a tiny giggle as a little dollop of cream adhered to the tip of her nose ; she removed it with one finger , licked the pinky , then wiped her nose with her napkin , glancing round the restaurant through the confusing topography of slats and uprights of the seats and screens , apparently worried that this minor lapse in hand-mouth coordination was being critically observed by any of the surrounding middle-class matrons , perhaps with a view to passing on the scandalous morsel to their opposite numbers in Gallanach and having mother black-balled from the local bridge club . |
| 24 | Could you be removed from the local government service and perhaps help in the poll tax debate ? |
| 25 | Their reform of the NHS is leading to a two-tier system far removed from the local community . |
| 26 | The flak increased on the project as it lurched on , directed from the local authority and the local arts centre . |
| 27 | In his retirement in Lambourn he was the daily recipient of two bottles of Mackeson stout , delivered from the local pub courtesy of Colonel Bill Whitbread , whose company sponsors the Whitbread Gold Cup in which Mandarin was twice runner-up . |
| 28 | The old mill owner , who became a millionaire , once installed cannon borrowed from the local landowner at the gates , to ward off machine-breakers . |
| 29 | They were some of the men he had borrowed from the local District Chief . |
| 30 | Someone sent from the local council , perhaps ? ’ |