Sentence examples for up for the local from inspiring English sources
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They began by contacting runners who had signed up for the local Austin marathon or half-marathon.
Long gone are the days when politicians stood up for the local electorate who voted for them.
Like Moet & Chandon's other wineries in California, Brazil and Argentina, this one was initially set up for the local market, but, on the back of strong sales, Yarra Valley's Chandon bubbly is now exported as well.Chandon's cavernous restaurant is buzzing.
Oh yes, you might dress up for the local priest ("Another custard cream, father?" as Connolly would say), but essentially you know your neighbours and you are all in it together (or you are from Edinburgh).
Next to the paillotte is a mortar and pestle for pounding fufu, the local manioc-flour staple, and in the corner of the roof is a meditation room that Jemima Fiadjoe has set up for the local chapter of Sokka Gakkai International, the Buddhist sect to which she adheres.
There's a mix up at a constituency HQ and Oobah ends up drumming up support for the local MP.
The pick-me-up for the local economy could not come at a better time, with Belgium feeling the recession afflicting all of Europe.
The Deaf Institute, Manchester, Wed; Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, Thu John Robinson On an ambitious weekender including Cleo Laine, Joe Lovano and Iain Ballamy, plus genre-crunching Mercury nominees Led Bib, the Subway Moon project still stands out, a community venture promising much more than just a knees-up for the local citizenry.
After Arseny gets beat up for exposing the local baker's transgressions, his fellow holy fool Foma warns, "Your clock will be cleaned again, my friend".
City Hall was buzzing with at least 100 people who showed up for what the local newspaper called "a heated debate" over the possibility of a Wal-Mart Express store coming to town.
