Example sentences of "according [prep] [art] local [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to a local song : |
| 2 | NORTHERN Ireland 's spiralling debt crisis is a ‘ potential time bomb ’ , according to a local counselling service . |
| 3 | ( According to the local newspaper , the looms remained in the large room at the North Wing until near the end of the nineteenth century . ) |
| 4 | Naturally each Compact will establish its own structure according to the local situation . |
| 5 | This varies according to the local authority involved . |
| 6 | So there it lay , 300 miles to the north , utterly cut off from us by the hurricanes which — according to the local weather men — were raging back and forth nearby . |
| 7 | In 1832 , an English couple , the Pattisons , married for just one month , were drowned in it ; according to the local sub-prefect 's report , because Mr Pattison was amusing himself sounding the depth of the water with a pole and fell overboard , dragging his bride in after him . |
| 8 | Hasim al-Attas , brother of Prime Minister Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas , was killed on June 15 in Shir in Hadramat province by " elements hostile to the unity of Yemen " , according to the local news media [ see also p. 38936 ] . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , but according to the local sergeant , there 's an illegitimate daughter around somewhere . ’ |
| 10 | The proposed siting of a waste tip near the bank of the river Dee in north Wales will produce poisonous liquids which will threaten the drinking water supply of two million people , according to the local MP , Martyn Jones . |
| 11 | According to the local market situation , the company manages the marketing budget allocated to brand recognition development . |
| 12 | HEALTH studies on people living near the Braer oilspill in Shetland have shown no significant abnormalities , according to the local director of public health , Dr Derek Cox . |
| 13 | Grassroots power now passed to ‘ anti-fascist ’ committees , variously constituted according to the local balance of left-wing allegiance . |