Example sentences of "[noun] council [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Co Monaghan Trades Council said a number of quarry firms in the south were threatening to lay off workers because of a recession created by the use of materials from Northern Ireland . |
| 2 | Anticipating industrial action the West Ham Trades Council established a committee to confer with the SCS on the best means of guaranteeing adequate supplies of food in the Stratford stores for the families of strikers ( SE 4 October 19 ) . |
| 3 | Having said that , the Arts Council proposes a number of significant shifts in the allocation of funds , in which the trend is to move away from income-support schemes for artists towards what the Council has vaguely described as ‘ upgrading quality ’ . |
| 4 | you see the Arts Council has a finger in most pies , the only way to find out through them , I mean the trouble is , a lot of it , is going to be confidential |
| 5 | At the end of October , the Arts Council organised a conference ‘ The Odd Couple : Broadcasting and the Arts ’ , where Alan Yentob , Controller of BBC2 , interviewed Peter Brooke , Secretary of State for National Heritage . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 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 | Most ice rinks are heavily subsidised by local councils , but First Leisure 's approach to Milton Keynes Borough Council drew a blank . |
| 12 | The call comes as the National Curriculum Council undertakes a review on what schools are required to teach by law . |
| 13 | The North Eastern Co-op applied to Middlesbrough Council to build a supermarket , filling station and car park on land at Dixons Bank , Marton . |
| 14 | 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 ] . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | A year ago a working party of the English Bar Council produced a report on efficient disposal of business in the Crown Court . |
| 17 | The London Sports Council produced a report on the Abolition of ILEA and requested comments before negotiations on implementation take place . |
| 18 | Sport is no longer the exclusive province of young people , and the Sports Council runs a campaign called ‘ 50 Plus ’ , to encourage older people either to continue to participate in sport , or to start now . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | On 30 July 1947 the UN Security Council ordered a ceasefire . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The Security Council took a position on the broader issue of Libyan sponsorship of " terrorist groups " , noting that the " suppression of acts of international terrorism … is essential for the maintenance of international peace and security " . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Boutros-Ghali on July 22 recommended that the UN Security Council reject a ceasefire plan negotiated on July 17 in London . |
| 28 | Three days later the UN Security Council approved a resolution , without a vote , which recommended membership for both states . |
| 29 | On Aug. 28 the UN Security Council approved a resolution ordering the deployment of a further 3,000 armed UN troops in the country . |
| 30 | Meanwhile on Oct. 13 the UN Security Council endorsed a proposal from Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to appoint an interim Special Representative for Mozambique and to dispatch 25 military observers . |