Sentence examples for councils insistence from inspiring English sources

Board of Education officials said that while Mr. Levy was sympathetic to the New York Councils' insistence that the Boy Scouts in New York City do not discriminate against gays, he could not ignore that they are officially part of the larger national organization.

Berejiklian again blamed City of Sydney council for failing to deal with the camp, despite the council's insistence it had no power to move people on.

Roche was speaking after the Football Association of Ireland expressed regret at Dublin city council's insistence that the game against Sligo be played at Shelbourne's Tolka Park.

But developer Jane Wood claimed that her Shoreham project was dead in the water – because of the local council's insistence that the 70-seat venue have 12 toilets, not five.

The council's insistence that the UN's special commission (UNSCOM) should be allowed free and unlimited access to all suspect Iraqi sites, including eight "presidential" ones, in its search for weapons of mass destruction remains, as expected, unchanged.

The spokeswoman said the delay to the wind safety work was because of the council's insistence on a scheme that covered the roads and pavements.

They contend the council's insistence on prayers being said breaches articles 9 and 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protect an individual's right to freedom of conscience and not to face discrimination.

When asked by reporters on Monday about the council's insistence that the decree be limited to sovereign matters, he said: "I believe President Mohammed Mursi wants that". A possible way out of the crisis would be for a memorandum or amendment defining the decree's limits, reports said.

This new version was based on huge discounts, 100% mortgages – and the insistence that councils should use the 50% of the receipts they were allowed to keep to pay down their debts rather than building new houses.

The prime minister's insistence that council tax rises were down to the local authorities at PMQs today did not stop the chancellor announcing an additional £406m for councils.

"We want a reversal of the human rights laws behind this madness, a halt to retrospective planning consent given by councils to Gypsy camps and an insistence that planning laws apply to everyone". And the secret weapon?