local authority
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Last week the local authority imposed a three-week road closure in Benbuck View for "ground investigations and safety reasons".
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Its tenant is subletting the property to a company that is also charging a different local authority thousands of pounds a week.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Waste collection is virtually non-existent in Kinshasa, due to a chronic lack of local authority funding.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
But John Mussington, the chairperson of Barbuda Council, the local authority, argues that this "community" was only made possible by flouting the 2007 Land Act.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
He cultivated a horsey atmosphere, wore a riding crop pin in his tie, and was admittedly the local authority on things equine.
From The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales by Connell, Richard
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