Sentence examples for has a directly from inspiring English sources

Each of these 62 units has a directly elected mayor and assembly who serve office for four years.

It would also devolve powers over areas such as transport, skills and housing with the proviso that the north-east has a directly elected mayor by May 2017.

If "The Empties" has a directly political dimension, you could say it has to do with thinking about how our "authentic selves" are largely held together by — among other things — stimulants and antidepressants, cellular technology, climate control, credit cards.

It has a directly elected assembly with a chairman and executive; it can raise its own taxes; and it has responsibility for adult education and for some aspects of culture, tourism, road building, planning, and aid for industrial development.

Middlesbrough already has a directly elected mayor, but George Osborne's mayors would cover larger areas.

London has a directly elected mayor, who acts as the police and crime commissioner for the Metropolitan police area.

The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a directly-elected 98-member house of representatives.

Surely the decision to have a directly elected mayor should have been put in the hands of the citizens of Dublin?

We're not going to have a directly elected Scottish representative on the NEC, apart from myself, and I think that's a shame".

However, one issue to get pulses racing, at least in one part of the country, is the proposal to have a directly elected mayor for Dublin.

The devolution agreement between central government and Greater Manchester outlines the powers to be transferred as the region moves towards having a directly elected mayor in 2017.