metropolitan council
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmetropolitanandcouncil
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metropolitan
adjective
uk/ˌmet.rəˈpɒl.ɪ.tən/us/ˌmet.rəˈpɑː.lə.tən/
relating to a ...
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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 ofmetropolitanandcouncilfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Themetropolitancouncilhas no agreed current budget for any of its services.
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Burymetropolitancouncilentered a bid for £746,000, including £84,000 for intermediate grants and £182,000 for repair grants.
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The museum faced a constant struggle to survive after themetropolitancouncilwas abolished.
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It was conducted in seven district councils out of 36 and in only three of the sixmetropolitancouncilareas that they intend to abolish.
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A borough or district is at least as democratic as ametropolitancouncil.
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The evidence is available in the campaigns on a number of different issues in which eachmetropolitancouncilhas participated.
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Most of those in my area do not have any affinity with themetropolitancouncil.
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A councillor, particularly in a largemetropolitancouncil, has to deal with millions and millions of pounds.
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Presumably to keep everybody quiet, the senior managers were the highest paid in anymetropolitancouncil.
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On abolition, a member of staff of ametropolitancouncilaged 40 years with 20 years' service will receive 40 weeks' pay.
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There is no reason at all to suppose that this arrangement will be less expensive than the present one, where a singlemetropolitancouncildeals with a group of functions.
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Kirkleesmetropolitancouncilhas been allocated £16,000 to cover its liability on improvement minor works projects at voluntary aided and special agreement schools in 1995–96.
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Liverpool council has the worst performance of anymetropolitancouncilin collecting the community charge.
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Kirkleesmetropolitancouncilestablished a project in 1993 to examine energy efficiency and the type of programme needed.
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It is over-optimistic, surely, to expect that the separate borough and district councils will be able to assume the responsibilities which themetropolitancouncilnow carries.
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Kirkleesmetropolitancouncilbid for £445,000 in its 1995–96 annual capital guidelines to assist with the removal of surplus places.
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Sheffield is the second slowestmetropolitancouncilin deciding housing planning applications.
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London has more than three times as many local councils as the biggestmetropolitancouncil, and no less than eight times as many as the smallest.
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Helensmetropolitancouncilwas contacted.
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Each district municipal council elects one-fifth of their members to represent the district at themetropolitancouncil.
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