Example sentences of "from the local [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We had fish and chips from the local chippy for lunch , dinner and supper .
2 At least half of Sun CIS Region employees will be drawn from the local IT industry .
3 Just as the organisational chart of Average Borough Town Hall shows a growing number of units and horizontal spidery lines , so too we have seen an enormous growth in the number of soft and hard systems that have found their way into the Town Hall , with or without consultation or approval from the local IT department .
4 At twelve she asked her to fetch a salad from the local wholefood bar .
5 Tummy upsets are fairly common , and we believe many stem from the local water supplies , so please drink only bottled water .
6 An Inspector from the local water company may well visit your house if you intend making extensive alterations or additions and may be able to help you by spotting any bad practice or likely contravention of the bye-laws .
7 ‘ There 's Becherovka , a liqueur made from the local water and various herbs , ’ he answered .
8 That for Chedburgh in the same county illustrates the Lancasters flown by 218 Squadron from the local airfield .
9 In the mid-1980s the French government did act to try to redress these trend , taking over responsibility for extra hospital services from the local departments .
10 But he persevered , and soon began to master both the language and his camera to the extent where he could begin touting for work from the local magazines .
11 Arthur uses other woods and marrow bones ordered from the local butcher and boiled with plenty of salt to clean and bleach them .
12 There can be little doubt that since the 1944 Act , and more particularly since 1974 , power and influence have been moving significantly from the local scene to the national stage .
13 A detailed examination of the manorial court rolls reveals that the characteristic medieval holding , ranging from 15 to 45 acres , disappeared from the local scene between 1598 and 1636 .
14 Only 247 individuals appeared in both returns ; the local parish register records the burial of 61 people in the intervening period , but another 226 individuals disappeared from the local scene .
15 11.00 : Art students are here today one day a week this term from the local Poly .
16 It is no surprise to learn that this village got its name from the local industries of smelting silver and iron .
17 If we are studying school-pupils in a certain area , then we might try to get hold of a list of all secondary school attenders from the local education office .
18 in education the introduction of the Local Management of Schools will pass many of the decisions affecting individual schools to the school itself and away from the local education authority ;
19 Is the Minister aware that , in Sunderland , we have recently had a taste of the Government 's competition policy , because private companies have won the contracts from the local education authority to provide school meals and from the health authority to clean health centres ?
20 A man from the local education authority , after being taken over to the pub by Mr Malik , had announced his intention of sending his own son to the school .
21 The Council of the Law Society has power to grant waivers in appropriate cases , eg where additional accommodation is not so much a separate office as an annexe to the main place of business , and will as a matter of practice take soundings from the local law society before reaching its decision .
22 The parade converges on Place St Maur des Fosses to hear a few words from the local Euro-MP , because the EC has stumped up a bit of money to make it a European clowns ' convention this year .
23 The first five aircraft were from the military flying school and the remainder from the local aero club .
24 Every child was given a kit of information and mementos from the local emergency services , fire , police and ambulance , public utilities and local councils who set the challenges .
25 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 .
26 The lorry , which was coming from the local gravel-pit , drew up , and the Arab driver put out his head : ‘ Where are you going ? ’ he asked in French .
27 At the bottom end of the scale we leave the proletariat altogether with the track-maintenance men , who were usually recruited from the local peasantry .
28 At least half of Sun CIS Region employees will be drawn from the local computer industry .
29 The Course is heavily used by part-time Associate students , mainly home students drawn from the local catchment area .
30 — JOCK STEIN GETS BAD NEWS FROM THE LOCAL CONSTABULARY
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