neighbourhood council

collocation in English

meaningsofneighbourhoodandcouncil

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neighbourhood
noun[C]
uk
/ˈneɪ.bə.hʊd/us
/ˈneɪ.bɚ.hʊd/
the area of a town that surrounds someone's home, or the people who live in ...
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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 ofneighbourhoodandcouncilfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There have beenneighbourhoodcouncilsponsorships or similar sponsorships in a number of areas.
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I think that we could leave to the democratic choice of the people the area of theneighbourhoodcouncilin which they live.
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It is for the individual local authorities to decide the boundaries of anyneighbourhoodcouncilor committee which they establish.
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Officials at the task force will be glad to meet officials of theneighbourhoodcounciland other interested parties again should the council so wish.
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Theneighbourhoodcouncilwould not require a vast bureaucracy or infinite sums of money.
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Thisneighbourhoodcouncil, which is on a pre-war council estate, is giving the community a real sense of purpose and confidence.
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Theneighbourhoodcouncilis for the larger urban areas.
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The police say that it was not theneighbourhoodcouncilwhich reduced vandalism but that it was increased police effectiveness.
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A councillor called a meeting and the public relations officer explained what aneighbourhoodcouncilcould do.
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The town council can perform the function of theneighbourhoodcouncilor of the area committee, and it is there; it exists; it is elected.
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Then we decided on aneighbourhoodcouncil.
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But theneighbourhoodcouncilwas the clue.
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It is clear that those two things are incompatible and that there are many areas which would be more suitable for parish council status than for aneighbourhoodcouncil.
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Some interesting experiments in neighbourhood councils have taken place in the past few years.
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In some areas, small rural districts want neighbourhood councils, and in other areas perhaps whole towns may want to have neighbourhood councils.
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We would like to see neighbourhood councils within district councils.
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They, like me, believe that neighbourhood councils should be able to spend the equivalent of a 2p rate, commensurate with the population of their area.
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I am less clear about whether they should be called neighbourhood councils.
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We feel that neighbourhood councils would not necessarily be a representative of an area as the other bodies that we shall consult, like parish councils.
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In general, local authority reactions have leant against the establishment of statutory neighbourhood councils, while local statutory bodies have tended to favour this approach.
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