provincial council

collocation in English

meaningsofprovincialandcouncil

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provincial
adjective
uk
/prəˈvɪn.ʃəl/us
/prəˈvɪn.ʃəl/
relating to an area that is governed as part of 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 ofprovincialandcouncilfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is one level of structure on which we have not taken a decision, namely, theprovincialcouncil.
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One of them was at one time, but is not now, a member of aprovincialcouncil.
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All that they have to do is to carry out the mandate or request of seven or eight members of thatprovincialcouncil.
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They will stop at theprovincialcouncilstage.
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Those secondary electors in their turn choose a representative for aprovincialcouncil.
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It is no good giving power to a local orprovincialcouncilunless it has money to spend and unless it is responsible for spending it.
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It will be more and more impossible for a central body chosen in this way to get their way if they are in opposition to a directly electedprovincialcouncil.
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Theprovincialcouncilcould decide the budget in so far it related to the transferred subjects.
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The administrator was not responsible to theprovincialcounciland it had no power to remove him from office.
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Members elected to the executive have to give up their membership of theprovincialcouncil.
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Theprovincialcouncilelected four persons (usually members of theprovincialcouncil), who together with the administrator formed the provincial executive committee.
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One is elected by theprovincialcouncilto a four-year term while the second is elected by the district councils to a three-year term.
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His platform includes building constituency associations and theprovincialcouncilcommittees.
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The administrator of the province fixed the date for the meeting, but theprovincialcouncilhad to meet at least once a year.
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The divisions are further subdivided into fourteen provinces, each of which has aprovincialcouncil.
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At the local level, the island's 22 provinces are administered by a governor andprovincialcouncil.
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Since then several schools were granted status of a central college and at present most colleges are funded and administered by the localprovincialcouncil.
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For eachprovincialcouncil, members are elected to serve a five-year term.
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He was instructed to lead theprovincialcouncilof trade unions, but often served assignments that went beyond his office.
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