Sentence examples for before this council from inspiring English sources

Having entrusted Vietnam and those five other rights-violating countries with protecting human rights around the world, perhaps it's just a matter of time before this council also ends up on the scrapheap.

"Over the course of decades, this department has entered into transactions with its employees that this council has never been aware of, that … never came before this council," Krekorian said.

Almost every time in the last 18 months that something came before this council that I considered "bad," the refrain, "The motion carries 4 to 1" could be heard, with Leece being the "1". Apparently I'm not alone in these views, and many people across the political spectrum in Costa Mesa see the four men on the council as bad for our city.

"In failing to adopt the draft resolution before us, this council has squandered an opportunity to shoulder its responsibilities to the Syrian people.

The month before, the council had rescinded the remaining 70 pink slips.

Remember, the people running this council said before they were elected that they were compassionate Conservatives.

"From the draconian to the inane," is how Uber founder Travis Kalanick aptly characterized the draft regulations at a hearing this week before the council's transportation committee.

"This was before the council's recent financial difficulties," he said.

One program that fell victim to this process before the council even started was a proposed lunar lander.

After requesting a review of the decision, you will wait to see if your case is set for a hearing before the council (though this is rare).

The provisional agenda for this meeting is before the council in document S/Agenda/6191, which reads, "Maintenance of international peace and security, nuclear proliferation, and nuclear disarmament".