Example sentences of "local [noun] had the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year , Scotland 's 16 health boards were reconstituted so that no trade unions or local authorities had the right of membership , and they are now dominated by the Tories ' natural allies — business people — under the cloak of rhetoric about bringing in commercial nous ( see box ) . |
| 2 | Local authorities had the power to build houses for sale and to sell houses originally built for renting before 1980 , but the proportion of dwellings sold was relatively slight until the Conservative government of 1970–4 presided over a substantial upsurge in sales . |
| 3 | The hon. Gentleman might more accurately have asked which local authorities had the highest number of vacant dwellings . |
| 4 | Earlier in the week local authorities had the chance to question NGC witnesses . |
| 5 | In 1952 Denys Darlow , then organist of All Saints church , Tilford , Barbara Gregory , a member of the church choir , and a group of local enthusiasts had the idea of combining a church with ideal acoustics , with an organist-conductor with a passion for Bach and access to young professional and semi-professional musicians . |
| 6 | The fact that the local authority had the legal right to control the premises made them occupiers to the exclusion of the previous owners of the house . |