Below you will find example sentences with "city charter". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

City Charter in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: charter
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 23.6 words

Words in this phrase

city charter

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • city can mean: A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place. Very common word
  • charter can mean: A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a new city charter that provided 1× amend the city charter to require 1× as their city charter requires rather 1× change the city charter 1× change the city charter to allow 1× city code city charter and open 1× mainz a city charter which included 1× per the city charter to shoot 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a two thirds 1× after previously serving 1× by violating the 1× city secretary sandy 1× effective with adoption 1× fish tells the 1×

Common sentence endings:

the city charter 2× a city charter 1× a city council 1× a majority vote 1× and city council 1× and taxpayer dollars 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

council 10× mayor 4× change 3× voters 3× new 3× people 2× meeting 2× discuss 2× councilors 2× denver 2× elect 2× proposed 2×

Related phrases

manchester city oklahoma city city council york city mexico city gaza city ocean city iowa city charter school atlantic city

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around charter:

charter school 20× public charter 11× charter communications 9× charter township 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

city centre city buses city attorney citric acid citizenship ceremony citizenship amendment

Just after it in the phrase index:

city chiefs city council city councillor city hall city iowa city kansas

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

city council city chiefs city iowa city kansas city manager city philippines

Same ending:

public charter

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "city charter" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 23.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a new city charter that provided, amend the city charter to require, council, mayor and change stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with manchester city, oklahoma city, city council, charter school, public charter and charter communications, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with city charter

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

The City operates under a City Charter. (7 words)

By violating the city charter, she ruled, the city was violating state law. (13 words)

According to the City Charter, the Mayor must be elected by a majority vote. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

The Denver City Council’s agent of change and de facto leader Candi CdeBaca is planning to have the City Council pass a bill to change the City Charter to allow Denver voters to elect the city’s Sheriff as is the case almost everywhere else in Colorado. (48 words)

It is our hope that the City of Bossier City and the City Councilmen will simply do as their City Charter requires rather than going against the will of the taxpayers and costing more time and taxpayer dollars. (38 words)

People pack the Loveland City Council chambers Friday for a special meeting to discuss allegations that some city councilors and former councilors committed various city code, city charter and open meeting laws violations. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

He said the number is now in the charter and the only way to get more is to change the city charter.

It is our hope that the City of Bossier City and the City Councilmen will simply do as their City Charter requires rather than going against the will of the taxpayers and costing more time and taxpayer dollars.

People pack the Loveland City Council chambers Friday for a special meeting to discuss allegations that some city councilors and former councilors committed various city code, city charter and open meeting laws violations.

Effective with adoption of the Mesquite City Charter in 2017, the City Manager is designated as the Chief Executive Officer of the City, reporting to the Mayor and City Council.

The Denver City Council’s agent of change and de facto leader Candi CdeBaca is planning to have the City Council pass a bill to change the City Charter to allow Denver voters to elect the city’s Sheriff as is the case almost everywhere else in Colorado.

Namely, amend the city charter to require voter approval of all new proposed major developments in the city.

The City operates under a City Charter.

By violating the city charter, she ruled, the city was violating state law.

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The Torrance City Council has set three public hearing dates to discuss proposed changes to the city charter, effectively kickstarting the process of potentially amending the municipal guideline.

A two-thirds vote is required to expel a City Council member, something that has not happened since the City Charter was revised in 1989.

Like it or not, she said, the city charter allows mayors to fill positions in the city by picking people they feel are the most qualified.

City Secretary Sandy Page returned them with a note that stated: “Your documents do not comply with the city charter,” essentially rejecting them for council consideration.

Fish tells the Mercury that amount is close to everything HomeAway owes the city from the time voters changed city charter language.

He consistently executes his oversight responsibilities of the city’s management in accordance with the City Charter.

In 1244, Archbishop Siegfried III granted Mainz a city charter, which included the right of the citizens to establish and elect a city council.

In 1853, voters approved a new city charter that provided for an elected mayor and a fourteen-member city council.

The new Archbishop revoked the city charter of Mainz and put the city under his direct rule.

Under the City Charter of the day, when O'Dwyer resigned, City Council President Impellitteri became acting mayor.

According to the City Charter, the Mayor must be elected by a majority vote.

After previously serving two consecutive terms, from 2008 to 2016, he’s technically allowed, per the city charter, to shoot his shot for a third.

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