Example sentences of "[noun sg] council [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Most ice rinks are heavily subsidised by local councils , but First Leisure 's approach to Milton Keynes Borough Council drew a blank . |
| 7 | The call comes as the National Curriculum Council undertakes a review on what schools are required to teach by law . |
| 8 | 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 ] . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | A year ago a working party of the English Bar Council produced a report on efficient disposal of business in the Crown Court . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , the UN Security Council passed a series of resolutions ( Resolutions 660-665 ) , including the imposition of mandatory sanctions against Iraq . |
| 16 | On 30 July 1947 the UN Security Council ordered a ceasefire . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 " . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Boutros-Ghali on July 22 recommended that the UN Security Council reject a ceasefire plan negotiated on July 17 in London . |
| 21 | Three days later the UN Security Council approved a resolution , without a vote , which recommended membership for both states . |
| 22 | On Aug. 28 the UN Security Council approved a resolution ordering the deployment of a further 3,000 armed UN troops in the country . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The United States is asking the U N security council to authorize a stop and search operation against ships heading for Haiti . |
| 25 | 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 |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | WHITEHILL Town Council gave a grant of £75 this week to St. Matthew 's Church , at Blackmoor , towards the upkeep of the graveyard . |
| 30 | ‘ 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 . |