Example sentences of "[noun sg] council [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of the work being carried out by IMS for the Science and Engineering Research Council involves a short follow-up study in Spring 1985 , to check on the short term destinations of research students , their salary levels , and the extent to which those looking for work in September 1984 managed to find it ( see 1.3 ) . |
| 2 | In the early 1980s in Britain , the Economic and Social Research Council funded a major research project which lent an official academic seal to the work of individuals concerned . |
| 3 | For example , during the 1970s the Department of Health and Social Security and the Social Science Research Council funded a number of studies concerned with the nature , causes and outcomes of deprivation and disadvantage in families . |
| 4 | The Science and Engineering Research Council provided a list of the names and departments of the 171 information engineering research students whose grants were due to end in 1984 . |
| 5 | In London , the British Refugee Council issued a damning attack on the Government 's action following an emergency general meeting in London . |
| 6 | In the litigation in the English Courts arising out of the collapse of the International Tin Council the question was raised whether the Tin Council had a cause of action against its own members . |
| 7 | The success of the new tourism brochure Hartlepool , History in the Making , has prompted the borough council to order a second batch of 20,000 copies . |
| 8 | Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council appointed a housing officer who , working with the local disability organisation , developed a comprehensive policy for meeting the housing needs of disabled people . |
| 9 | However , Delyn Borough Council says a new church next to the Mynydd Isa community centre would create parking problems and take away one of the last remaining green spaces in the sprawling housing estates near Mold . |
| 10 | It was good to talk to you yesterday about our mutual interest in challenging the merits of the proposal by Newport Borough Council to build a barrage across the river Usk . |
| 11 | Neighbours living near Scarborough 's Filey Road sports centre are opposing plans by the Borough Council to build a giant dome over two tennis courts . |
| 12 | Most ice rinks are heavily subsidised by local councils , but First Leisure 's approach to Milton Keynes Borough Council drew a blank . |
| 13 | HOLYWELL Coun Gareth Roberts is asking Delyn Borough Council to consider a new bowls pavilion and floodlighting at Fron Park in Holywell . |
| 14 | With reference to starting points , Wyre is the name of a Borough Council covering a large area of the North Fylde but there is no town or village of Wyre and as a starting point ‘ Wyre ’ does not make sense . |
| 15 | In August 1991 , Northampton Borough Council opened a new Visitor Centre in buildings restored to their original Georgian/Victorian character . |
| 16 | The British Mountaineering Council face a difficult decision over what action to take against those who participated in June 's bouldering competition held at Crookrise in Yorkshire . |
| 17 | The call comes as the National Curriculum Council undertakes a review on what schools are required to teach by law . |
| 18 | In a gesture of " solidarity " with Emmanuelli , the PS Council adopted a motion on Sept. 23 agreeing that the PS executive committee should be collectively indicted on charges relating to alleged illegal funding of the party 's 1988 election campaign [ see pp. 38591 ; 38197 ] . |
| 19 | The universities complained that the replacement of the University Grants Committee by the Universities Funding Council posed a threat to their independence , arguing that whereas the University Grants Committee represented the universities to the government , the Universities Funding Council represents the government to the universities . |
| 20 | The Council also urged the New England Fishery Management Council to introduce a similar ban , and called on the US delegation to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas ( ICCAT ) to support a resolution to prohibit the use of drift-nets for all tuna and other species under the jurisdiction of ICCAT . |
| 21 | A year ago a working party of the English Bar Council produced a report on efficient disposal of business in the Crown Court . |
| 22 | Traffic A letter from D.R.H. Crichton of Balerno Community Council seeking a meeting with representatives of Balerno , Currie and Juniper Cre. to discuss the traffic problems along the A70 corridor . |
| 23 | Traffic A letter from D.R.H. Crichton of Balerno Community Council seeking a meeting with representatives of Balerno , Currie and Juniper Cre. to discuss the traffic problems along the A70 corridor . |
| 24 | The UN Security Council passed a swift and unanimous resolution , on June 3rd , calling on all parties to respect the results . |
| 25 | The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution asking North Korea to reconsider its withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and to comply fully with nuclear inspections . |
| 26 | By agreeing to talks with the North , the Americans won China 's abstention when the UN Security Council passed a resolution this month calling on the North to stay in the NPT . |
| 27 | On Jan. 4 the UN Security Council passed a non-binding resolution deploring Israel 's treatment of the Palestinians in the occupied territories and calling for greater international protection for them . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , the UN Security Council passed a series of resolutions ( Resolutions 660-665 ) , including the imposition of mandatory sanctions against Iraq . |
| 29 | On Nov. 20 the UN Security Council passed a unanimous resolution imposing a mandatory arms embargo on Liberia , giving broad support to the ECOWAS action , and authorizing the UN Secretary-General to send a special representative to the country . |
| 30 | On 30 July 1947 the UN Security Council ordered a ceasefire . |