Sentence examples for civic powers from inspiring English sources
Dr. Macchiarola remained a fixture in city government, serving on panels like the Charter Revision Commission, which in 1989 turned most civic powers over to the mayor and City Council.
Osborne restated his promise that the cities should be run by elected mayors with real civic powers, a proposal voters rejected in a number of referendums two years ago.
George Osborne will continue his attempted charm offensive aimed at the north of England by promising money for infrastructure and greater civic powers for cities including Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield.
We now know that the Uprising was not done by the Communists but by democratic civic powers and the army.
The creation in 1191 of the position of Lord Mayor of London removed many of the Constable's civic powers, and at times led to friction between the two.
And real new civic power too.
Female images were an ever-present symbol of civic power.
But he is now faced with the realities of wielding civic power in one of America's biggest cities.
But Iranians who regarded voting as an exercise of civic power had increasingly stopped voting, feeling that their choices had been circumscribed and then ignored.
However, the chancellor is expected to set out greater proposals for devolution of civic power and responsibilities for cities with elected mayors in November.
