Example sentences of "[adj] authority [verb] out the " in BNC.
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1 | Other authorities fill out the Moroccan 's picture : ‘ The houses are built of stone and brick , and the roofs are of wood , ’ noted the Arab geographer al-Umari in his encyclopaedic Masalik-ul-Absar Fi Mamalik-ul-Amsar ( ‘ The Visions of the Kingdoms ’ ) . |
2 | Legislation created a host of unemployed bureaucrats , municipal and seigniorial officials , who exhibited what liberals called ‘ passive ’ opposition to the constitution — the refusal of local authorities to carry out the administrative changes and apply the laws of the Cortes . |
3 | On his failure to do so the local authority carried out the necessary work and served written demands on 31 May 1984 and 25 April 1985 for the costs incurred . |
4 | The defendant failed to comply and the local authority carried out the requisite works and served two demands , on 31 May 1984 and 25 April 1985 , for the costs . |
5 | When that matter was put to the Home Office and the Department of the Environment , we were told that it was for the local authority to sort out the matter with the local police force . |