Example sentences of "local [noun] had [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In central Asia local commanders had taken the initiative in extending the Empire over vast areas defended only by relatively weak local tribes . |
| 2 | There was ample evidence that neither the Comintern nor the local Communists had abandoned the aim of changing Labour 's programme and capturing its machine . |
| 3 | The initial reports claimed that local fisherman had killed the dolphins in order to protect their fishing grounds and for dolphin meat , which was divided up amongst Fukue islanders in the East China Sea off Nagasaki . |
| 4 | There were reports of about 100 people killed during the fighting for Dire Dawa , where the local population had resisted the entry of EPRDF forces . |
| 5 | Local people had approached the IFI and were turned down , but would have been funded had their businesses been located in Bangor . |
| 6 | The grounds of appeal were , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the justices had exercised their discretion to award costs on the wrong principles as it had not been shown that the local authority had acted in bad faith or unreasonable in the performance of its statutory duties or had acted unreasonably in the conduct of the proceedings before the court ; ( 2 ) there were no circumstances which justified the making of the costs order ; ( 3 ) the justice should have found that there were good reasons for the local authority to be concerned about the father 's ability to care for the children , the local authority was not bound to adopt the view of the guardian ad litem and the local authority had communicated the decision not to oppose the father 's application within a reasonable time on receiving the report of the guardian ad litem ; ( 4 ) the justices had been wrong to assume that the change in the view of the local authority amounted to an admission that the views of the local authority had been wrong all the time . |
| 7 | Hamburg 's local government had seen the results of generous film funding in Berlin : the city became attractive to film-makers , work came pouring in and attractive or interesting images of Berlin were sent around the world . |
| 8 | The local police had told the sergeant that Marek cycled to school every morning to keep fit and to save money . |
| 9 | While the rural location possessed great charm it was isolated and at times Ashley felt a little bit vulnerable , so when a local builder had acquired the land she had been pleased . |
| 10 | The local councils had seen the legal implications of common-law indecency in the writ of mandamus awarded against the Greater London Council for granting a local ‘ X ’ certificate to the film More About the Language of Love . |
| 11 | We 'd guessed that whatever local dispute had provoked the initial spat it was now a battle between much larger factions , probably Amal and Hezbollah . |