Example sentences of "council [vb past] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scottish Consumer Council commissioned a report on the impact of deregulation and , in passing , it commented on the implications once privatisation took place . |
| 2 | The Council recommended a force of 6,000 men , apart from members of the royal household and men in charge of supplies , backed by ‘ three great pieces of guns ’ , 400 arquebuses , 60 ‘ falcons ’ or light cannon , and 500 hand-guns . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , the UN Security Council passed a series of resolutions ( Resolutions 660-665 ) , including the imposition of mandatory sanctions against Iraq . |
| 4 | Expecting this , he had first tried to flee the city , and in the aftermath of John 's flight the Council passed a decree ( Sacrosancta ) proclaiming the supremacy of the Council over the pope . |
| 5 | The council passed a motion backing calls by relatives of those killed in the Dublin and Monaghan bombings for an official inquiry . |
| 6 | In November 1988 , the 19th Palestine National Council passed a resolution specifically recognizing 242 , and all other relevant United Nations resolutions on Palestine . |
| 7 | These fears were exacerbated when the Haringey West Indian Leadership Council passed a resolution which referred to homosexuality 's ‘ roots in a morally decadent white and European society . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The council passed a resolution increasing council house rents . |
| 11 | On March 14 the Lithuanian Supreme Council passed a resolution saying that Lithuanians would no longer be required to serve in the Red Army and that conscripts who deserted would not be held criminally responsible . |
| 12 | The Supreme Council passed a resolution announced on May 6 banning former officers of the Latvian State Security Committee ( KGB ) from working in defence , internal affairs and security bodies . |
| 13 | Two weeks ago the ruling Labour group on the council boycotted a visit by a South African diplomat saying it was too early to bring that country in from the cold . |
| 14 | Coun Russell Hart , chairman of Hartlepool Council 's policy and resources committee , said : ‘ The council agreed a strategy for implementing the new tax at a very early stage . ’ |
| 15 | and the Central Council met a record four times in 1917 . |
| 16 | In 1986 the National Consumer Council produced a discussion paper entitled ‘ Good Advice for All ’ . |
| 17 | When the Health Education Council produced a report linking ill-health with poverty , the government-appointed chairman , Sir Brian Bailey , did his utmost to block publication . |
| 18 | A year ago a working party of the English Bar Council produced a report on efficient disposal of business in the Crown Court . |
| 19 | Shortly before its abolition in 1986 , the Greater London Council produced a report which warned that " many boroughs are not aware of the seriousness or extent of contamination " . |
| 20 | The London Sports Council produced a report on the Abolition of ILEA and requested comments before negotiations on implementation take place . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Most ice rinks are heavily subsidised by local councils , but First Leisure 's approach to Milton Keynes Borough Council drew a blank . |
| 23 | The Hambledon Council sponsored a fortnight 's holiday for forty-six London school-children while another , in the north of England , got the local School Board to institute a regular course of lessons in temperance . |
| 24 | On Jan. 25 , however , the Security Council deferred a debate on the Gulf crisis , after a majority agreed that Iraq should first comply with all UN resolutions . |
| 25 | During two days in November , the council used a laser outside British Gas on High Row to fire pulses of light at a mirror on the Marketplace clock . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | We were all set to go , but at this point the District Council dropped a bombshell . |
| 28 | On Nov. 5 , the Supreme Council adopted a decision nationalizing all fixed Soviet military property on Latvian territory , and declaring void any transactions in army property made since Aug. 24 . |
| 29 | The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Nov. 10 increasing the strength of the UN Protection Force in Yugoslavia ( UNPROFOR ) by 75 military observers in order to implement the ban on military flights over Bosnia-Hercegovina , agreed on Oct. 9 [ see p. 39149 ] , which had been repeatedly violated . |
| 30 | 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 ] . |