Sentence examples for localities- from inspiring English sources
Until recently, the only elected local officials in the entire country were the city councillors of Bangkok and Pattaya.Power to the peopleThe new constitution aims to "decentralise powers to localities" and "develop a large-sized local government".
All politics is local; and India has an awful lot of localities.
They have less power in their localities than do the police or prosecutors, or even politically connected local businessmen.
Major towns such as Bama and Dikwa are among 36 localities recaptured, with just three said to be still in rebel hands.
In Mumbai, where railway lines partition localities into Easts and Wests, there is no recognisable Mahim East.
"Negroes and whites from the same localities in this country talk, think and act about the same," he insisted.
Military vehicles mooch through city streets where they used to tear around, screaming at locals to get out of the way.But the critics of the McChrystal counter-insurgency, and they include just about every member of every NGO in Kabul, say that it ignores the fiendish complexities of power and politics in Afghanistan's localities.
Beijing will supply localities seeking to put down unrest with additional "stability maintenance" funding, which creates a perverse financial incentive to employ repressive tactics.
But localities routinely send hired thugs to Beijing to round up these disaffected residents.
Yet the days of lavish spending on public works are nearly over, while the central government has slashed tax remittances to localities.
This, it is hoped, will recentralise power that has been lost to the localities during two decades of economic loosening.But the Golden Projects also have other potential uses.
