Sentence examples for Council from high-quality English sources.

• Black remains on the council.

• Sixteen documents were enacted by the council fathers.

• Allerdale Council, which has been allocated £1.995m, and Copeland Council, allocated £853,250, received 51 and 44 applications respectively this week, while Eden Council had more than 50 applications during the first 24 hours of the scheme for its £1.3m share.

• The council area and the historic county occupy somewhat different areas.

• Pop. (2001) council area, 226,871; (2011) council area, 252,973.

• Scotland is divided into 32 council areas, each administered by a local council.

• Having developed separately from the Arts Council of Great Britain, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland reorganized in 1995.

• (The Council of Europe should not be confused with the European Council, which is a policy-making body of the European Union.)

Use Council in a sentence.

• …the EU has been the Council of the European Union (originally the Council of Ministers), which consists of ministerial representatives.

• In December, because of the sparse attendance, war, and the prospect of a council with the Greeks in Italy, the pope adjourned the council.

• …that they themselves, with the Japanese plenipotentiaries, would constitute a Supreme Council, or Council of Ten, to monopolize all the major decision making.

• Second Council of Constantinople, (553), the fifth ecumenical council of the Christian church, meeting under the presidency of Eutychius, patriarch of Constantinople.

• Solon’s Council is perhaps important not so much for itself as for what it anticipated—the replacement Council of Five Hundred, introduced by Cleisthenes at the end of the 6th century.

• After the reestablishment of Portuguese independence from Spain in 1640, the Council of India was reorganized as the Council of Overseas (Conselho do Ultramar) in 1642 under King John IV.

• In a joint statement the leaders of Cheltenham Borough Council, Cotswold District Council, and Stroud District Council, said: "We expect the government to confirm that if Gloucestershire is to unlock significant future investment, we must accept reorganisation.

• Among the reform measures of the early 20th century was the so-called council-manager system, in which the mayor, whether chosen by the council or by the electorate at large, merely presided over the council while most executive powers were exercised by a city manager hired by the council.

Council sentence examples

• Newcastle City Council is providing packed lunches, while City of York Council, Rochdale Borough Council, Rotherham Council, Kirklees Council, Medway Council, Middlesbrough Council, Bradford Council and Essex County Council are among those promising more help.

• Helle Thorning-Schmidt is the former prime minister of Denmark, from 2011 to 2015, and currently serves as a member of a variety of foreigh policy think tanks: the US Council on Foreign Relations, the European Council for Foreign Relations, the International Crisis Group and the Atlantic Council International Advisory Board and Berggruen 21st Century Council.

• Get Creative Festival is delivered in partnership with 64 Million Artists, Arts Council England, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Arts Council of Wales, the BBC, Crafts Council, Creative People and Places, Creative Scotland, Family Arts Campaign, Local Government Association, Libraries Connected, Scottish Library & Information Council, Voluntary Arts and What Next?

• The council area lies entirely within the historic county, which also encompasses the southeastern portion of West Lothian council area, a hilly region south of the Moorfoot Hills surrounding the upper valley of Gala Water in the Scottish Borders council area, the town of Musselburgh in East Lothian council area, and most of the council area of the city of Edinburgh, including the city’s historic core.