Sentence examples for council grew from inspiring English sources

As the council grew, it also accumulated too much dead weight.

During these reorganisations, the territory of the county council grew only where Stourbridge took in the majority of Amblecote Urban District from Staffordshire (See Fig 6) and the designation of Redditch in April 1964 as a "New Town".

But no country is likely to give up its right to a seat as the council grows.

Some commissions and councils grew larger, though none seemed to shrink.

Chicago's councils grew out of a pendulum swing toward decentralization, as did the New York City community boards.

"The government is also helping councils grow their local economies through bespoke city deals, New Homes Bonus, 24 enterprise zones and £770m in Growing Places funding.

As the deliberations stretched on, council members grew tired and cranky, and the audience became raucous enough that Council Chair Jay Furfaro threatened to evict members of the audience if they didn't settle down following the testimony of Mayor Bernard Carvalho.

Although Suri became a member of Al Qaeda's inner council, he grew disillusioned by the fecklessness and the disorganization that characterized Al Qaeda's training camps in Afghanistan.

Largely this was because supporters had waited so long, for the shiny vision to become reality, that, like the council, they grew sceptical and just wanted something certain to happen.

During Ms. Baxter Lynn's four-year tenure on Long Island, council membership grew to 30 producers from 14; a study (still under way) was begun on establishing a regional reception center for the steadily rising number of wine-oriented travelers; wine sales have grown; and the wineries' annual public tastings in Manhattan have expanded and become sellouts.

A report in July by the International Crisis Group, which analyzed the conditions leading to the decree, laid significant blame on the dominance of radicals within the council and the council's growing influence.