Example sentences of "council [vb -s] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Activities : The Council has concluded a number of Conventions and Agreements covering particular aspects of European co-operation , not least the promotion and development of human rights . |
| 2 | The Director of Planning of Clydesdale District Council has indicated an interest in attending meetings of the Forum to learn more of its role . |
| 3 | Some work , such as putting in an inside toilet or repairing dangerous electric wiring , qualifies for a mandatory grant , which means that the council has to give a grant if you qualify on income grounds . |
| 4 | THE Conservative-controlled Stirling District has been told by the local MP , Michael Forsyth , that he is horrified at the way in which the council has handled a housing matter . |
| 5 | Darlington council has garnered a reputation for innovative housing schemes with its recent mortgage rescue package and a plan to use vacant shop flats for would-be tenants . |
| 6 | Darlington council has garnered a reputation for innovative housing schemes with its recent mortgage rescue package and a plan to use vacant shop flats for would-be tenants . |
| 7 | The Council has called an emergency meeting to decide what action to take . |
| 8 | Holderness Borough Council has accepted a design for three groynes and an access ramp to be constructed off Mappleton cliffs , but this can not go forward without government financial aid . |
| 9 | Sutton council has slapped a Smoke Nuisance Notice on BR to stop stump-burning but admits it is otherwise powerless to stop it felling trees on its own land . |
| 10 | The Taiwan Atomic Energy Council has denied a report in the Hongkong Standard that it is planning to co-operate with its mainland counterpart to dump nuclear waste off the coast of Guangdong province in southern China . |
| 11 | The Regional Council has appointed a consultant landscape architect to advice on the treatment of the new road and its immediate surroundings . |
| 12 | County Durham Training and Enterprise Council has become an area franchisee for the Executive Business Club . |
| 13 | Since its inception , Council has operated a programme of capital grants designed to assist governing bodies gain access to facilities suitable for international competition and national training purposes . |
| 14 | But Newry and Mourne Council has written a letter of censure to the owner of the shop , believed to be in the Kilkeel area . |
| 15 | Colchester Borough Council has expressed an interest in managing the earthworks at Straight Road and Bluebottle Grove , which were built to defend Colchester during the Iron Age , and St Botolph 's Priory . |
| 16 | Sick of seeing Sunday morning ramblers waiting to catch car rides and buses out of the area , Cleveland County Council has made an offer it hopes walkers will not be able to refuse . |
| 17 | On the basis of its research the council has prepared a blueprint of environmental measures for the city and its suburbs , which has been sent for consultation to local authorities , environmental groups and research centres . |
| 18 | The council has endorsed a recommendation from the committee that there should be no change to the restrictions placed on inter-dealer broker services , which many market makers have criticised . |
| 19 | The Scottish Commonwealth Games Council has set a £250,000 target to send a record team of up to 160 to Victoria , Canada , next year . |
| 20 | 1992 is Car Crime Prevention Year and Darlington council has backed a series of measures including free window etching sessions and regular monitoring of security and lighting in council car parks . |
| 21 | The Chinese State Council has ordered a range of anti-pollution measures affecting small industrial enterprises such as paper mills , chemical works , printing and dyeing factories . |
| 22 | The National Joint Council has established a total of forty-nine Grades . |
| 23 | The Economic and Social Research Council has established a series of Regional Research Laboratories to promote the wider use of data collected by academic researchers , commercial organisations and government departments . |
| 24 | In Lothian , the Regional Council has established an Appeal Committee comprising five people . |
| 25 | But the council has had a change of heart and is now looking at ways of funding the event . |
| 26 | The borough council has launched a customer care and quality service programme aimed at giving good service to the people who pay for and use its amenities . |
| 27 | The State Council has launched a campaign against the ‘ Seven Evils ’ : prostitution ; pornography ; the kidnapping and sale of women and children ; the trafficking and use of drugs ; gambling ; swindling through superstitions ; and triads ( criminal societies ) . |
| 28 | The Economic and Social Research Council has awarded a grant to the newly established Adult Education Research Network to enable it to organise a series of seminars over two years , beginning in January 1993 . |
| 29 | Darlington council has provided a site for the day care centre while the county council has given £15,000 from the budget of the social services committee . |
| 30 | The Regional Council has paid a subscription fee to SAPC for many years . |