Sentence examples for local hearings from inspiring English sources

Union representatives were enlisted to attend local hearings, putting a human face on the jobs at stake.

At local hearings wood harvesters protested about the impact the rules will have on their industry, which earns roughly $485m a year, and of which up to 20% consists of ash.

By T. Tannewald and Brendan Gill The New Yorker, August 4, 1951 P. 15 Equal Justice Under the Law Note: The local hearings of the Tax Court of the U. S. are held in Room 5050 of the Grand Central Building.

By Brendan Gill The New Yorker, March 31 , 1951P. 20 Talk story about the televising of the local Senate Crime Invesigation Committee hearings.

Several months before a shop opens, she has to spend 40 hours a week just filling out forms and attending local government hearings.

International and local courts continued hearings on crimes connected to the 1994 genocide, with the UN extending the term of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to December 2010.

After a dramatic series of hearings, local courts stopped the implementation of the Pennsylvania law requiring new forms of voter identification.

At the hearings, local people are allowed to voice concerns or support for the planned school, obliging the potential founders to listen to the community they will serve.

At public hearings, local farmers debated whether the proposed line would hurt the health of their families and their farm animals, the visual impact of the line and its effect on property values, which dropped as a result of the line's construction.

At the hearings, local residents testified that they have been experiencing horrifying health problems as a result of carcinogenic oil sands emissions that are vented continuously near their homes.

In Thailand, new private development requires environmental impact reports and hearings with local residents, obstacles that have snarled a number of high-profile projects.