metropolitan district

collocation in English

meaningsofmetropolitananddistrict

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metropolitan
adjective
uk
/ˌmet.rəˈpɒl.ɪ.tən/us
/ˌmet.rəˈpɑː.lə.tən/
relating to a ...
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district
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdɪs.trɪkt/us
/ˈdɪs.trɪkt/
an area of a country or town that has fixed borders that are used for official purposes, or that has a particular feature that makes it different from ...
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(Definition ofmetropolitananddistrictfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The statement nails the lie perpetrated by themetropolitandistrictcouncils that abolition would lead to reduced expenditure on the arts.
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We have never really talked about the local member of an authority, whether it be metropolitan county,metropolitandistrict, shire county or shire district authority.
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What evidence is there that themetropolitandistrictcouncils will be, or can be, more economical than the metropolitan county authorities?
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The effect is to ensure that the cycle ofmetropolitandistrictelections continues undisturbed by the suspension of the metropolitan county council elections.
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We all know that the metropolitan county areas have never had the support of themetropolitandistrictcouncils from the day they were set up.
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Other movement restrictions are applied on the basis of the disease status of a county or unitary authority ormetropolitandistrictareas.
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I am also aware of the concerns of themetropolitandistrictcouncils in respect of capping.
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One cannot compare ametropolitandistrictwith a shire county.
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People employed by themetropolitandistrictcouncils, both in administration and design work and in manual work, would be affected.
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All we are asking is that an extrametropolitandistrictbe created.
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There is no objection to the executive's employees being members of themetropolitandistrictcouncils.
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If one allows such a council 81 members, that will permit 27 wards in ametropolitandistrict.
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All county councils andmetropolitandistrictcouncils will be elected in the spring of 1973.
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This will be a matter for themetropolitandistrictcouncils concerned to consider in the light of nationally negotiated agreements on chief executives' remuneration.
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It has a strong individuality of its own; enlarged it could be a viable and effectivemetropolitandistrict.
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There is still a magistrates' courts committee for eachmetropolitandistrictwhich makes the provision required, and one committee for the remainder of the county.
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Themetropolitandistrictcouncils already have the necessary powers to carry out this type of work.
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There are also those who want to transfer; over 4,000 applications a year might be made in a typicalmetropolitandistrict.
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