Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv prt] by local " in BNC.
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| 1 | Politicians are elected on party manifestos which have , increasingly since the Second World War , contained social policy commitments that must be carried out by local authorities but are often contentious . |
| 2 | Perhaps he was reclusive — his manner denied that and yet he was very reluctant to be sought out by local society , some of which , Mary judged , was quite worthy of him . |
| 3 | Ministers are considering an embarrassing U-turn after two disastrous periods of consultation in which they were told that the lists , to be drawn up by local authorities , would cause blight on thousands of acres and hit land and property values . |
| 4 | The government 's policy was formally one of ‘ Ulsterization ’ , namely allowing a wide range of local programmes and policies to be taken over by local leaders . |
| 5 | ‘ The stories of my people go beyond oppression and the degeneration of society , ’ Mr McKay added , citing recent occasions in Canada when aboriginal communities have asserted their rights over ancestral land which was destined to be taken over by local developers . |
| 6 | From today , the way we care for others who are less able will be taken over by local councils . |
| 7 | Mother and Father , through their church , were arranging for Jewish children to be taken in by local families . |