Sentence examples for grasp of local from inspiring English sources
But Mr. Israel has an excellent grasp of local issues and a deeper understanding of national and international matters.
Ms. Landrieu said that she supported further reform of the earmark process but that lawmakers often had a better grasp of local needs than agency officials in Washington.
When he appeared before the editorial board of The Watertown Daily Times 10 days ago, he "showed no grasp" of local issues, as the subsequent editorial put it.
The first lady from Arkansas evolved into an Empire State candidate whose grasp of local issues complements a deep, if untested, understanding of national and international matters from her days in the White House.
But her grasp of local issues is clear.
Regional and local bodies play an important part in the labour market, among other areas, in that their superior grasp of local needs and obstacles gives them better proximity to jobseekers, and it is through them that the best ways of removing these obstacles may be found.
Although some parents hire tutors outside the district, many hire teachers within their district because those teachers have a better grasp of the local curriculum.
It is a great subject for a comedy and it does have its moments, whether it's the interplay between a producer struggling in the field and a desk producer who has enough time on his hands to make Daleks out of coffee cups, or the skewed cultural grasp of the local fixer ("Goodfellas... my favourite comedy movie! That Joe Pesci!").
Hence, by their very nature, such negotiations are dominated by state and regional actors who likely have less of a grasp on local-level implementation and may be less inclined to broach important questions of how to create more meaningful connections across scales.
And some critics say foreign companies have failed to grasp the needs of local Internet users.
The drone and its operators, of course, don't live in the land or grasp the nuances of local life, just as real tourists don't.
