transitional council

collocation in English

meaningsoftransitionalandcouncil

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transitional
adjective
uk
/trænˈzɪʃ.ən.əl/us
/trænˈzɪʃ.ən.əl/
belonging or relating to a change, or the process of change, from one form or type ...
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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 oftransitionalandcouncilfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It could leave us with a permanenttransitionalcouncil, which is clearly ludicrous.
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We can allay any fears about the electors being represented, because representation on thetransitionalcouncilis based on the parliamentary constituency.
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It would be the only successor authority that did not have a representative on thetransitionalcouncil.
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It is the opportunity to serve for 11 months, at the most, on atransitionalcouncil.
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The electoral mandate of the individuals concerned would have expired by the time they came to serve on thetransitionalcouncil.
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By removing that power we would leave thetransitionalcouncilopen to disruption.
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There would be atransitionalcouncilmade up of councillors, some of whom were elected in 1981, some in 1982 and some in 1983.
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There are two ways of dealing with thetransitionalcouncil.
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A nationaltransitionalcouncilwas to guide the transition process and prepare the necessary modification of the constitution in order to help elections.
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In the meantime, the business of thetransitionalcouncilmust continue.
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They are necessary to replace someone who, for whatever reason, can no longer serve on atransitionalcouncil.
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It would be difficult in practice to allocatetransitionalcouncilseats in these cases.
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Atransitionalcouncilwill need to be established immediately.
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If such a borough is entitled to four representatives on thetransitionalcouncil, it would appear that the alliance would thus be entitled to one member.
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The impact would be that, if the party balance in a constituent council changed, it could be up to three months before that was reflected in thetransitionalcouncil.
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Sefton district will be asked to have indirectly elected councillors on thetransitionalcouncil.
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The first amendment would give a group of constituent councils, or a sufficiently large group of like-minded appointees, the ability to prevent atransitionalcouncilfrom transacting any business.
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That is a clear argument against having atransitionalcouncilthat is too small, as it could not cope if it went below a certain size.
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In effect, it limits to three the maximum number of replacements which each constituent council could make in the entire 11 months of thetransitionalcouncil.
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So smaller transitional councils still give each district a reasonable number of representatives without being unwieldy.
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