Sentence examples for council acts from inspiring English sources

The council acts as the advisory body to Iran's highest political authorities.

If the council acts, the mutual fund industry will almost certainly fight back.

The council acts as a broker between high school job applicants and employers.

Under the council's system, third-party contractors assess the fisheries at a cost ranging from $20,000 to more than $100,000 and recommend whether they should be certified before the council acts.

The United States ambassador to the United Nations, John Danforth, said another resolution was not the answer, and that the council "acts as the adversary of the Israelis and cheerleader to the Palestinians".

When bilateral means of resolving such conflicts proved insufficient, there could be recourse to either the precedent of convoking an apostolic council (Acts 15) or to what Irenaeus had already called "the preeminent authority of this church [of Rome], with which, as a matter of necessity, every church should agree".

The new Conservative-led council acted fast.

In the American colonies, the governor and his council acted as a court of equity.

The council acted after some residents said the shops had been a blight on neighborhoods.

Light said that "without exception" the council acted on reports of children at apparent risk.

Westminster council acted quickly to move the family first into a hotel in Paddington, where they stayed for four months.