Example sentences of "up [prep] a local " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barry Jones boiled over when he saw 63-year-old Vera brewing up for a local hospice on her day off . |
| 2 | They anticipated a number of significant developments which subsequently took place , like the setting up of a local authority for the Western Isles which has had a stimulating effect on the whole life of the area . |
| 3 | This will be followed , in due course , by a further three-quarters of a mile of track , a run round loop and the construction of a platform at the River Avon , allowing passengers to enjoy the walk , boat trips , riverside pubs and a possible link up with a local country park . |
| 4 | A research institute has teamed up with a local college to offer joint degree courses . |
| 5 | Five of us met up in a local pub afterwards and only one of us was still married . |
| 6 | She 'd seen the card I put up in a local shop , advertising the top flat . |
| 7 | Philip Swallow finds the VC 's memorandum , its envelope still unopened , at the bottom of his In-tray , trapped between the pages of a brochure for Bargain Winter Breaks in Belgium which he had picked up from a local travel agency some weeks ago . |
| 8 | She failed her eleven-plus and ended up at a local secondary modern school , which turned out to be a blessing in disguise . |
| 9 | He also stocked up at a local health shop with various things he could nibble discreetly en route . |
| 10 | The scheme was carried out by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration ( AAA ) and the committees were set up at a local level with farmer representatives from the various areas of production , such as wheat , cotton , dairy produce , rice and tobacco . |
| 11 | As with all hill climbing , a BM may end up at a local minimum . |
| 12 | In Hatfield Chase today , you can see a sign put up by a local farmer with a sense of humour . |
| 13 | The Redbridge Care Attendant Scheme , for instance , was set up by a local association for handicapped people with funding from various sources , including the Greater London Association for the Disabled ( address on page 146 ) . |
| 14 | A COMPLAINTS system is being set up by a local authority to make it easier for residents to complain about the service that the council offers . |
| 15 | Persian values also made themselves felt at native satrapal courts : a recently published Greek verse inscription from Lycian Xanthos , put up by a local dynast , echoes Persian educational ideals ( ‘ riding , shooting and speaking the truth ’ , Hdt. i. 136 ) when it speaks of : The dynast in question is called Arbinas : he is certainly a Lycian but it is thought that the form of the name is Persian . |
| 16 | In the event the first two centres demonstrated the dual approach to much advisory work in that one was set up by a local authority ( in Lambeth ) and one by voluntary bodies ( in South Kensington ) . |
| 17 | Many times I 'm called up by a local doctor and asked to do what is called a DV — a domiciliary visit to assess the mental state of an individual . |
| 18 | Meanwhile a row of ten cottages has been put up by a local builder at a cost of twenty five thousand pounds.And although they 're made of plywood , there 's already been one prospective purchaser : |
| 19 | A new code of conduct for street entertainers has been drawn up by a local authority . |
| 20 | The monument was brought from Stanwick in about 1920 , Mr Carter says , and it was put up by a local firm , Charge Brothers . |