1.   Although people occasionally discussed questions of local autonomy in private, they rarely raised them, even obliquely, in public.

2.   Establishing network systems, with local autonomy but statewide standards, for service.

3.   In the long run the centralist traditions were to win the race against all hopes for some measure of local autonomy.

4.   It was an unspectacular, stable society, like the Basque Provinces enjoying a large degree of local autonomy.

5.   It would appear that Great Britain ranks next to the United States in degree of local autonomy.

6.   Local autonomy thus rested upon a solid foundation.

7.   No longer is the concern a simple alternative - local autonomy or centralisation.

8.   There were further difficulties within most of the republics stemming from demands for local autonomy or even independence.

9.   Activists stepped up their demands for local autonomy last month.

10.   Chief Minister Bossano declined to participate, reportedly expecting that increased political integration within the European Communities would eventually guarantee local autonomy.