local authority
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Gironde local authority said early Monday that the fire had remained "broadly stable" overnight.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
A separate, smaller fire in a ravine near Valencia in the east meanwhile killed one person, the local authority in the affected town of Manises said on X, without giving further details.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
The local authority celebrated a “great day for Peckham” when the verdict came out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Many youth centres like Romalandia don't get local authority funding or government support.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
That devolution to a local authority, or to local authorities, is the proper remedy for evils affecting Great Britain and Ireland, has been, for various reasons, admitted by responsible statesmen during the last fifty years.
From The New Irish Constitution by Morgan, J. H.
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