Sentence examples for councils pick from inspiring English sources

Anecdotal evidence suggests that the more councils pick up rubbish, the more is put out.

More than half of English councils pick up domestic waste fortnightly - though some have weekly food waste collections - saying it saves money, boosts recycling rates and is widely accepted by residents.

In practical terms, the problem immediately identified was that people don't have sex within only one borough; in some cases, this forced local authorities to cooperate; in other cases, it left some councils picking up the tab for their neighbours.

Kerala has been the best performer with 87% of its village councils picking up the award.

The model gives people a chance to directly elect a leader, rather than councils picking who is in charge.

"Removing legal aid funding for advice on welfare benefits will wipe out agencies who would otherwise resolve these problems and there is next to no chance of local councils picking up the tab when most are stopping funding, not increasing it," he said.

Under his leadership, Tameside council picked up more than 50 national awards for innovation and good practice.

A recent roundtable discussion convened by the Guardian, in partnership with Kent county council, picked through the thorny issue of public service reform.

The city council picked Barton Farm as the preferred site for up to 2,000.In this section Silicon Roundabout At the chalkface The fire next time Jerry-built Into the even deeper Dropped stitches They told you so ReprintsMany locals were unimpressed.

"That is the same thing women were told after the revolution," said Masa Amir, 24, recalling when the military council picked an all-male panel of jurists to draft a temporary constitution.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002 accomplished something with a provision that I thought superfluous, and the council picks up on that by suggesting that chief executives be required to certify that their banks are in compliance with the Volcker Rule, just as the earlier law forces them to certify the accuracy of financial statements.