Example sentences of "local [noun] ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'll find local suppliers listed in Yellow Pages under Quarries or Sand and gravel suppliers , or you can ask at your local builders ' merchants . |
| 2 | Try local builders ' merchants and garden centres for stocks . |
| 3 | The local authorities ' functions would be in the planning , coordination , regulation and finance of community care , rather than its direct provision . |
| 4 | As we can see , these prescriptions relate to the form of local authorities ' accounts . |
| 5 | Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley , then junior health minister , felt local authorities ' contracts with private agencies would be enough to protect clients . |
| 6 | The Council is associated with other local authorities represented on the national and provincial councils dealing with local authorities ' services . |
| 7 | In 1985–6 , the government transferred a quarter of the overall funding for work-related FE courses in further education colleges from local authorities ' budgets ( by deducting it from the rate support grant , the predecessor of the revenue support grant ; see Chapter 8 ) to the MSC . |
| 8 | But his claim the government had increased the provision for the Children Act in local authorities ' budgets by 14 per cent was greeted with derision from the floor . |
| 9 | Because of the Bank Holiday , the hearing resumes at 2pm instead of 10am on Tuesday , when local authorities ' barristers take the floor . |
| 10 | In 1989–90 , 38% of local authority expenditure was financed from domestic and business rates , and the remaining 13% from local authorities ' surpluses on trading , rents and borrowing ( HM Treasury , 1990 , Table 21.4.13 ) . |
| 11 | This national scheme , which is supported by the Government , is designed to put you in touch with tenants in other local authorities ' areas who might be interested in exchanging homes with you . |
| 12 | Then , in addition , it decided it must limit local authorities ' powers to go on increasing local rates . |
| 13 | The strict limitation of local authorities ' powers to specific parliamentary approval grew up almost by accident in the nineteenth century as a result of Railway Companies and other private organisations abusing their powers under private Acts of Parliament . |
| 14 | The local authorities ' powers to impose conditions are very wide . |
| 15 | We use this metaphor to characterize local authorities ' responses to care programming . |
| 16 | We would welcome contact from practitioners , advocates , academics and others who may be able to help us with their advice , ideas , articles and experience ; in particular correspondence from local authorities ' children 's rights officers . |
| 17 | The award , adding £30m to local authorities ' wages bill , was the lowest produced by the Fire Pay Formula established in 1977 after a nine-week strike . |
| 18 | ACO is also sceptical about local authorities ' abilities to push down the costs . |
| 19 | The same applies to local authorities ' responsibilities under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act . |
| 20 | Will my right hon. Friend arrange an early debate on education , and especially on the local authorities ' responsibilities and their relationship with Government in terms of school organisation , so that I may highlight the need for an early decision on proposals to reorganise schools in Ealing , where parents , teachers and children will be greatly affected by those decisions ? |
| 21 | In Scotland , the local authorities ' auditors duties are contained in the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1983 All auditors of local authority accounts for periods commencing after 31 March 1983 are expected to observe the Standards for the External Audit of Scottish Local Authorities published by the Accounts Commission ( a similar body to the Audit Commission for England and Wales ) . |
| 22 | I refer not only to the substantial amount of money that was made available , resulting in a £45 per week rise for nursing homes , which cost us a total of £225 million , but to the amendment that allowed the Secretary of State , after community care had been in place for some time , to take account of the local authorities ' assessments of reasonable rates and of their experiences in general . |
| 23 | The fund supports the Mariners Park Home in Wallasey for ex-mariners and their wives , the Royal Liverpool Seamen 's Orphanage and the Mersey Mission to Seamen , and other local seafarers ' organisations . |
| 24 | Variations between local areas ' needs can be measured and compensated for in national grants . |
| 25 | It uses outside expertise , but more especially numerous local individuals ' skills . |
| 26 | State power was centralized in the hands of the Communist Party Central Committee , a powerful secret police was established , and the local workers ' councils or soviets ( which were the initial focus of the Bolshevik push for power ) were reduced to mere rubber stamps . |
| 27 | Instead , their own difficult first album is one extra twist of its theme , three songs and a few warped guitars overdubs short of a classic which by local debutants ' terms is almost an unprecedented if also an easy success . |
| 28 | Among the local peculiarities which needed to be swept away , the most important was the array of outlandish local saints ' days and festivals in the Canterbury calendar . |
| 29 | Once upon a time that was just ‘ Paris ’ which , in dilute form , finally filtered down to the local ladies ' modes . |
| 30 | We hope to compile a list of local Bed & Breakfast accommodation , but would also like to be able to offer hospitality in local members ' homes . |