Example sentences of "[noun] council [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The North Eastern Co-op applied to Middlesbrough Council to build a supermarket , filling station and car park on land at Dixons Bank , Marton . |
| 3 | The United States is asking the U N security council to authorize a stop and search operation against ships heading for Haiti . |
| 4 | The Americans decided that an armed resistance was necessary and they went to the United Nations , shades of Bosnia here , they went to the United Nations to get support and , as luck would have it , the Soviets were sulking , this was quite common in the nineteen forties and fifties , and the a the Soviet ambassador to the U N was having a sulk and was refusing to attend the Security Council and he therefore persuaded the Security Council to pass a resolution er producing a United Nations force to aid plucky little South Korea against its vicious oppressive northern neighbours and so the Korean war started and the United Nations ' forces were commanded by one General Douglas MacArthur , General Douglas MacArthur , in case you do n't know , won the second world war single handedly |
| 5 | Meanwhile , an attempt by France on April 2 to persuade the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution to provide protection for the Kurds , ended in failure after opposition from China , the Soviet Union and the USA , which maintained that it would set a precedent for Security Council involvement in internal controversies . |
| 6 | He started off , as did Truman , in the United Nations by trying to get the Security Council to adopt a resolution er calling er the North Vietnamese aggressors and authorizing er an American , I E U N intervention . |
| 7 | He started off , as did Truman , in the United Nations by trying to get the Security Council to adopt a resolution er calling er the North Vietnamese aggressors and authorizing er an American , I E U N intervention . |
| 8 | ‘ It was the initiative of the town council to discuss a relocation of the pitch but we do n't know where the site is yet . |
| 9 | For instance , Bell-Ingram has been appointed by Clackmannan District Council to undertake a review of its property portfolio , which is believed to be the first of its kind in Scotland . |
| 10 | Planning applications have been received by Wear Valley District Council to convert a barn at Stockley Burn , Frosterley , into a house , to use a shop at Maude Terrace , St Helens , Auckland , as a veterinary surgery and to use a shop at Laurel Gardens , Crook , as a hot food take-away . |
| 11 | Its report is the latest in a series commissioned by Cumbria county council to evaluate a proposal put forward by UK Nirex , the nuclear waste disposal company [ see also ED 63 and 64 ] . |
| 12 | Yes we know that from the first of April ninety-five it will probably no longer be the responsibility of the county council to set a budget for the Wiltshire police authority . |
| 13 | APLAN by Berkshire county council to create a city technology college was ruled out yesterday by Mrs Angela Rumbold , the Education Minister , when she gave the go-ahead for one of the schools involved to opt out . |
| 14 | Now the OPS are expecting the county council to conduct a site inspection before determining the brick company 's application to change the terms of their tipping licence . |
| 15 | A lesbian couple has won a three-year battle with Hampshire County Council to foster a child after being denied permission on the grounds of their sexuality . |
| 16 | THE British Red Cross in Powys are seeking grant aid from Powys County Council to provide a holiday for 12 physically and mentally handicapped children at a total cost of £1,505 . |
| 17 | Parish councillor and qualified stonemason Jim Wingham has been given approval by Cleveland County Council to provide a roadside welcome sign for visitors to Victorian Saltburn . |
| 18 | York Theatre Royal has applied to the city council to install a lift to aid access by the disabled . |
| 19 | No sex , please OFFA Community Council is urging Wrexham Maelor Council to enforce a law licensing and restricting the number of adult shops after the opening of a second such establishment in the town . |