local builder

collocation in English

meaningsoflocalandbuilder

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local
adjective
uk
/ˈləʊ.kəl/us
/ˈloʊ.kəl/
from, existing in, serving, or responsible for a small area, especially of ...
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builder
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɪl.dər/us
/ˈbɪl.dɚ/
a person whose job it is to ...
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(Definition oflocalandbuilderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflocal builder

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In a rural area there is usually onelocalbuilder.
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I should also like to see a little more scope in rural areas for thelocalbuilderwho cannot undertake large contracts.
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They accordingly issued instructions that that should be done, and let the contract to erect the wall to alocalbuilder.
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I under- stand that in accordance with this condition the lessee has recently prohibited the removal of gravel by alocalbuilder.
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It is impossible for thelocalbuilderto plan ahead.
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I wish to pay my tribute to the council and to thelocalbuilderwho acted for it.
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Some variation is required to meet the requirements of local conditions, which thelocalbuilderis apt to know best.
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In many areas where there are reactionary local authorities working in alliance with thelocalbuilder, the building of houses is being sabotaged.
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It has forged a package deal with alocalbuilderwho owns the site.
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The kind of building which the ordinarylocalbuilderadopts, and of which many landlords avail themselves, is quite good enough and relatively cheap.
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Recently, a constituent had some work done by alocalbuilderwhose standard of work was appalling.
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I now move on to the finance department, where a £1,000 cheque made out to alocalbuilderrecently went missing.
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One of them got alocalbuilderto come along.
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The rural housing problem can only be satisfied by using thelocalbuilder, local materials and local knowledge in helping to make up the deficiency.
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A young man who lives at home near me and works for alocalbuilderwas discussing the community charge the other day.
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The old days of thelocalbuilderseem to be passing.
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Certainly, in many parts of my constituency, there is great difficulty in getting alocalbuilderor contractor to undertake work on inaccessible farms.
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An example of these problems is alocalbuilderwho employs a lot of joiners.
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Alocalbuildertells the story of having been down to the site many years ago and seen some rather nice glass bottles.
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The smalllocalbuildercannot tackle a large housing scheme, although he is admirably suited to reconditioning and to the modernising of cottages.
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