municipal system

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municipal
adjective
uk
/mjuːˈnɪs.ɪ.pəl/us
/mjuːˈnɪs.ə.pəl/
of or belonging to a town ...
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system
noun
uk
/ˈsɪs.təm/us
/ˈsɪs.təm/
a set of connected things or devices that ...
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On ideological grounds, he sought equity of provision and treatment, something held to be inherently impossible under amunicipalsystem.
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And as a thesis about the modernmunicipalsystem, the reinterpretation is just as objectionable as the interpretation it seeks to replace.
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It is indeed exceedingly hard to imagine a modernmunicipalsystemwithout courts.
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Private enterprise in all these respects is much more satisfactory and advantageous than any national ormunicipalsystemof control.
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It must be recognised that amunicipalsystem, like any other system, has its defects as well as its advantages.
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There was very little of amunicipalsystemprior to 30 odd years ago.
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Buttinge c.a. was a free estate before the introduction of themunicipalsystemaround 1800.
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He was a university professor who taught constitutional law and themunicipalsystem.
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The first peak of mergers, known as, happened in 1889, when the modernmunicipalsystemwas established.
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The central government, which is itself running budget deficits, has a policy of encouraging mergers to make themunicipalsystemmore efficient.
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Aquafin also offers its services for the expansion and management of the localmunicipalsystem.
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He promoted the abolition of serfdom, with indemnification to territorial lords; subjection of the nobles to manorial imposts; and the establishment of a modernmunicipalsystem.
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The municipality has not been affected by the two local government reforms of the 20th century, but has had its large size since themunicipalsystemwas implemented in 1863.
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Some of these facilities can install a pre-treatment system to remove the toxic components, and then send the partially treated waste water to themunicipalsystem.
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Sifton tried to accommodate many of their demands: his government constructed agricultural colleges, incorporated a farmer-run grain elevator cooperative, and implemented amunicipalsystemof hail insurance.
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Consequently, the gas meters of the municipal systems are generally checked sometime about then, in order to enable the accounts to be completed.
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In these conditions, nothing but bold national planning, and the coordination of municipal systems on a national scale, will solve the problem.
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Of those hundreds it is known that about sixty considered the advisability of setting up municipal systems.
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Storm drains vary in design from small residential dry wells to large municipal systems.
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Most large cities had steam powered municipal systems by the 1870s.
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