Sentence examples for councils were divided from inspiring English sources

Dyarchy (dual governance) was to be introduced at the provincial level, where executive councils were divided between ministers elected to preside over "transferred" departments (education, public health, public works, and agriculture) and officials appointed by the governor to rule over "reserved" departments (land revenue, justice, police, irrigation, and labour).

Councils are divided into districts with leadership provided by the district executive, district chairman, and the district commissioner.

The two sides remain at a stalemate, and the village council is divided as well.

The council was divided into various committees in charge of the different aspects of village life and administration.

Since the council is divided on the merits of the site, this could alter the outcome.Liverpool councillors, still smarting, will next week ask a High Court judge to review Mrs Thomas's ruling.

Each council is divided into District Electoral Areas (DEAs), which count the ballots for councillors representing that particular area.

The Moonee Valley Council was divided on the heritage application, which was narrowly rejected by five votes to four opposed.

Ziyadat Allah's council was divided over the issue, but in the end the exhortations of the respected qadi of Kairouan, Asad ibn al-Furat, who used quotations from the Quran to support his case, swayed them.

Östergötland County Council is divided into four primary care subregions each with their own primary care management group.

Parris and others argue that minorities would have a better shot at being elected if Palmdale were divided into council districts.

Aware also of "the diversity of opinion" regarding the celebration of Easter and hoping to settle both issues, he sent the "honored" Bishop Hosius of Cordova (Hispania) to form a local church council and "reconcile those who were divided".