governing council

collocation in English

meaningsofgoverningandcouncil

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governing
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈɡʌv.ən.ɪŋ/us
/ˈɡʌv.ɚ.nɪŋ/
having the power to govern a country or ...
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council
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈkaʊn.səl/us
/ˈkaʊn.səl/
a group of people elected or chosen to make decisions or give advice on a particular subject, to represent a particular group of people, or to run a ...
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(Definition ofgoverningandcouncilfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In general, each city or town had its owngoverningcouncil, a body of wealthy male patricians kept in office by wealth and custom.
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In this case, thegoverningcouncilincludes two people qualified for their knowledge of the application of information technology.
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This sixteen-membergoverningcouncilincludes three people chosen by the members of the national consumer organizations and three by the national professional organizations in this area.
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The subsequent agreement provides for thegoverningcouncilof the fund to decide the location of its headquarters and any other offices.
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As quickly as possible, it will move to thegoverningcouncil.
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Politically, a 25-member nationalgoverningcouncilhas been established and will create a preparatory commission to write a constitution.
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There are obviously huge difficulties, as was made clear by the assassination of the president of thegoverningcouncilearlier this week.
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Why was not even one educationist put on thegoverningcouncilof the new body?
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I have left to the end the question of the composition of thegoverningcouncil.
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The introduction to the monthly press conference refers to the debate in thegoverningcouncilthat has just taken place.
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The statement is carefully prepared by the wholegoverningcouncil; it is not a spur of the moment statement.
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Above all, we have to get this process, which thegoverningcouncilis embarked on, to draft a constitution.
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Also, the commission'sgoverningcouncilis well ahead with setting up the necessary administrative machinery.
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Most members felt that publication might intensify the public pressures ongoverningcouncilmembers to vote in line with their national interest.
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Forecasts are only one input into the decisions of thegoverningcouncil.
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The appellate court in fact said that at all times thegoverningcouncilhad an absolute right to make the voting lists available.
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That will be left to a simple majority of the members of thegoverningcouncil.
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Following the assassination of the leader of thegoverningcouncil, it is even more vital that we reaffirm our intention to do so.
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The order on foreign investment and the tax policies in the 2004 draft budget were approved by thegoverningcouncil.
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The management of those funds is in the hands of a 15-mangoverningcouncil, the membership of which stays completely anonymous.
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