local charity

collocation in English

meaningsoflocalandcharity

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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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charity
noun
uk
/ˈtʃær.ə.ti/us
/ˈtʃer.ə.t̬i/
an organization whose purpose is to give money, food, or help to those who need it, or to carry out activities such as medical research that will help people in need, and not to make ...
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(Definition oflocalandcharityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflocal charity

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The administration oflocalcharitywas, undoubtedly, a perennial sore in the politics of the late nineteenth-century parish.
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If alocalcharityhas never been recorded at central headquarters and has slipped through the net, its name cannot be produced.
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That is worth more to alocalcharitythan any lottery.
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This is of a smalllocalcharitywhich found it necessary to close down and move.
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The letter welcomes the recommendations to permit the alteration of the objects of alocalcharity.
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I visited onelocalcharitythat desperately needed to improve its accommodation.
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A case came to me from alocalcharitythat employs a woman as an administrator using the access to work fund.
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But the £200 dogs' dinner hasn't gone down too well with somelocalcharityworkers.
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Only if a suitablelocalcharityexists which has the money or service available will it be an appropriate source of help.
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Indeed, almost inevitably the directors have links with the local authority and other local organisations and may be active inlocalcharityorganisations.
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It will certainly increase the bureaucracy inlocalcharity.
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I should like to make it crystal clear that there is no possibility of the destruction of alocalcharity.
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The other day alocalcharitycame to me, as a local resident, in one of these cases which are very common concerning village halls.
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Alocalcharitywas kind enough to pay for a car that has specially tinted windows, which block out the damaging ultraviolet light.
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We are not using to the full the good will, good neighbourliness andlocalcharityof our hospitals.
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On one occasion a subscription was taken up for alocalcharity.
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The list is long and encompasses all kinds oflocalcharity.
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Therefore, alocalcharityis not coincident with a particular parish.
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The social fund officer would have to satisfy himself whether a suitablelocalcharityexists with the money or service available.
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