Example sentences of "council [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 apart from that , on which the County Council placed a great deal of weight .
2 As a result of the demonstration the Estonian Supreme Soviet announced on May 16 that a Home Guard was being set up to defend government buildings , and the Tallinn city council placed a temporary ban on the organization responsible for calling the demonstration , the United Council of Work Collectives .
3 One of the requirements of that particular council guides to the Chief Officers was that , they should bring before the councils a statement that Treasury Management policy and arrangements and that , in fact , was done in the autumn of ninety-two , and the council adopted a particular statement which reflected its circumstances at the time , erm , and the then policy .
4 For example , in May 1974 the Protestant Ulster Workers ' Council called a successful strike in protest at the Sunningdale proposals for power-sharing between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland .
5 Its coordinating council called a small conference in Moscow on 7 September 1991 in which about 30 people took part .
6 The Wage Council provided a useful basis for pay determination , especially in industries where there is little collective bargaining .
7 At that time , there was no sight of the other half of the picture , and until Orkney Islands Council appointed a temporary Press Officer , no regular statements were made .
8 LOTHIAN REGIONAL Council promoted a large number of events during the UK 's presidency of the EC from July to December 1992 .
9 In the early 1980s in Britain , the Economic and Social Research Council funded a major research project which lent an official academic seal to the work of individuals concerned .
10 Local people at Nailsworth in Gloucestershire were celebrating today after Stroud Council extended a conservation area to include the building , the George Hotel .
11 The work of the Council achieved a significant increase in media coverage from the press , radio and television at both national and local levels .
12 The work of the Council achieved a significant increase in media coverage from the press , radio and television at both national and local levels .
13 That is getting away from the old system whereby the County Council held a vast store of advisers in Macclesfield House , stacked up , and schools that needed them requested them and off they went , but schools in fact that wanted perhaps a different sort of advice , was n't able to get it from Macclesfield House , and could n't buy it outside because it did n't have the money to do so .
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