regional council

collocation in English

meaningsofregionalandcouncil

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regional
adjective
uk
/ˈriː.dʒən.əl/us
/ˈriː.dʒən.əl/
relating to or coming from a particular part of ...
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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 ofregionalandcouncilfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theregionalcounciland government bureaucracy is made up of representatives of a wide range of ethnic groupings, from across an enormously diverse region.
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Only three of 95 regional councillors elected in the 1992regionalcouncilelections (3.2 %) were women, and only four of 102 councillors elected in 1998 (3.9 %).
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We say, too, that the proposal to create aregionalcouncilwas nothing except a very useful temporary slogan for the purpose of this debate.
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It was about to apply to theregionalcouncilfor a grant.
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It is, therefore, prima facie absolutely ridiculous for theregionalcouncilto say that no savings whatever can be made.
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That would still involve theregionalcouncilin substantial expenditure.
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I trust that the newregionalcouncilwill have second thoughts and will take up the case again.
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We accept that this is a scheme to which the local community is very much attached, as is theregionalcouncil.
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The functions of economic planning within the region, also, should go to the electedregionalcouncil.
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The difficulty is that the only power to designate a regional park lies with theregionalcouncil.
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The ominous point is that the regional office is to have power and theregionalcouncilnone.
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One of the western routes was recommended by theregionalcouncilin that report.
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Another argument concerned the difficulty of determining the area for aregionalcouncil.
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Lothianregionalcouncilwanted to improve the services in the area and rated accordingly.
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Lothianregionalcouncilhas not so far requested a meeting.
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Lothianregionalcouncilshowed by far the highest excess among regional councils over the guidelines for both 1980–81 and 1981–82.
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I emphasise again that emergency planning is aregionalcouncilresponsibility.
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A representative from each regional tourist board sits on eachregionalcouncil.
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However, my party is very much againstregionalcounciltax precepting.
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I am not persuaded that this project meets the criteria for the provision of support finance by the health board to theregionalcouncil.
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