Collocations withcouncil
These are words often used in combination withcouncil.
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administrative council
There will be an administrative council, and there is good cover in the way of gold and stable foreign securities.
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advisory council
The advisory council that should have dealt with the issue was disregarded by the executive and legislative powers alike.
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at-large council
There is one city council member for each of the five council districts, as well as two at-large council members.
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borough council
Yes; copies of the order have been sent to the borough council.
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communal council
Senators were chosen indirectly through electoral colleges of communal council members in each province.
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consultative council
All of these organisations were either represented to varying degrees on the consultative council, which was established in 1990, or invited to participate in its consultations on specific occasions.
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council resolution
I have read out the relevant part of the town council resolution.
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ecumenical council
In spite of the considerable improvements in relations between the churches, an ecumenical council on this matter is not a realistic possibility at present.
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elected council
In places where no communes existed, it also set up 'communes rurales', which would be ruled by traditional chiefs or 'notables' assisted by an elected council.
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governing council
In general, each city or town had its own governing council, a body of wealthy male patricians kept in office by wealth and custom.
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local council
Your local council has the power to require you to repay any money which you do not spend on meeting assessed needs.
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metropolitan council
The metropolitan council has no agreed current budget for any of its services.
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ministerial council
They will be able to go to the ministerial council.
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municipal council
Far from being a small affair of the parish devout, it was arranged by the municipal council.
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national council
Of the fifty-two members on the national council responsible for price decisions, thirty of them were representatives of producer associations compared with nine from commerce and nine from industry.
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neighbourhood council
There have been neighbourhood council sponsorships or similar sponsorships in a number of areas.
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privy council
The privy council continues to be regarded as the main, corporate, advisory body and extra-conciliar counsel as antipathetical to the ' normal ' process of policy-making.
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provincial council
There is one level of structure on which we have not taken a decision, namely, the provincial council.
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regional council
The regional council and government bureaucracy is made up of representatives of a wide range of ethnic groupings, from across an enormously diverse region.
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research council
The chief executive of that fledgling research council now attends meetings of the other research councils, which we did the day before yesterday.
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ruling council
We understand that the sentences are subject to review by the provisional ruling council, and we urge that council to commute them.
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supreme council
The supreme council was generally happy to affirm the judgement of the village court.
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transitional council
It could leave us with a permanent transitional council, which is clearly ludicrous.
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tribal council
Such assemblies are held very frequently, at times almost weekly, and they usually meet early in the morning in the tribal council-place, close to the chief's residence.
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village council
Most woodlots are managed at the village level by the village council, and are used only by members of that village.
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