Example sentences of "[noun] council [vb past] a [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 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 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 . |
| 6 | Most ice rinks are heavily subsidised by local councils , but First Leisure 's approach to Milton Keynes Borough Council drew a blank . |
| 7 | 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 ] . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A year ago a working party of the English Bar Council produced a report on efficient disposal of business in the Crown Court . |
| 10 | The London Sports Council produced a report on the Abolition of ILEA and requested comments before negotiations on implementation take place . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , the UN Security Council passed a series of resolutions ( Resolutions 660-665 ) , including the imposition of mandatory sanctions against Iraq . |
| 14 | On 30 July 1947 the UN Security Council ordered a ceasefire . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 " . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Three days later the UN Security Council approved a resolution , without a vote , which recommended membership for both states . |
| 19 | On Aug. 28 the UN Security Council approved a resolution ordering the deployment of a further 3,000 armed UN troops in the country . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | WHITEHILL Town Council gave a grant of £75 this week to St. Matthew 's Church , at Blackmoor , towards the upkeep of the graveyard . |
| 22 | The sense of comic opera or mini tragedy was reinforced by the fact that at the March meeting the Shetland Islands Council received a letter from the Scottish Office , indicating that as ministers would not be able to deal with the issue ‘ for quite some considerable time ’ , could not the Shetland Islands Council sort out the matter ? |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | But Dagenham council won a court order to make the hut safe after it sagged in the rain . |
| 26 | The Scottish Consumer Council commissioned a report on the impact of deregulation and , in passing , it commented on the implications once privatisation took place . |
| 27 | In 1986 the National Consumer Council produced a discussion paper entitled ‘ Good Advice for All ’ . |
| 28 | [ That this House is deeply concerned that ( a ) in October 1991 , the Inspectorate of Pollution issued an improvement notice plus additional requirements upon Coal Products Ltd. , Avenue Works , Wingerworth , Derbyshire , arising from problems of airborne pollution , ( b ) in November 1991 , the North East Derbyshire District Council rejected a planning application for the installation of a plant for the regeneration of active carbon on the same site and ( c ) in December 1991 , the National Rivers Authority issued a report showing that following partial treatment at lagoons in a country park , 40 million gallons of toxic effluent is seeping into the ground near homes at nearby Grassmoor ; and calls upon the Secretary of State for the Environment to undertake an urgent environmental audit of the plant and its neighbouring communities with an immediate project of protecting the health and well-being of both the workforce at Coal Products Ltd. and residents in the surrounding communities , whilst seeking ways and means of safeguarding jobs in an area of high unemployment . ] |
| 29 | We were all set to go , but at this point the District Council dropped a bombshell . |
| 30 | When knowledge of her plight reached the UK , Edinburgh District Council sent a message to Kenyan President , requesting that be permitted safe passage to Edinburgh to receive her award and also her safe return to Kenya . |