municipal council

collocation in English

meaningsofmunicipalandcouncil

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municipal
adjective
uk
/mjuːˈnɪs.ɪ.pəl/us
/mjuːˈnɪs.ə.pəl/
of or belonging to a town ...
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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 ofmunicipalandcouncilfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmunicipal council

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Far from being a small affair of the parish devout, it was arranged by themunicipalcouncil.
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For instance, at the municipal elections held in late 1927, most of the seats on themunicipalcouncilwere captured by members of this group.
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Themunicipalcouncilstopped making important decisions and its records became increasingly irrelevant.
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It is sufficient that themunicipalcouncilcould reasonably have had such considerations in mind.
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Each of the 647 municipalities has an electedmunicipalcouncilheaded by a mayor.
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All fourteen of these municipalities have partisan elections to select the municipal president andmunicipalcouncil.
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They are represented by amunicipalcouncil, which manages the local government.
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Themunicipalcouncil, in turn, corresponded by co-operating closely with the king.
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It was assumed that a democratically electedmunicipalcouncilwould have greater legitimacy when it came to taxing the local economy than a distant government in the capital.
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Headed by a mayor/municipal administrator, who is surrounded by an electedmunicipalcouncil, the rural local governments should, at least on paper, work like real local governments.
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Sixteen film experts, including consultants of themunicipalcounciland programmers, expressed strong opposition to this move to reschedule the screening.
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I have been a member of amunicipalcouncilfor 16 years.
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Here is amunicipalcouncilasking the company to take over their undertaking.
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They have been on the basis that the control should remain in the hands of themunicipalcouncilor its officers.
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The alternative tomunicipalcouncilhousing of the traditional kind is not just the private sector landlord.
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I believe that they will have theirmunicipalcouncilelections very early in 1963.
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There is no intention to consult with themunicipalcouncilas a corporate body.
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Two-thirds of themunicipalcouncilare elected members.
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