Below you will find example sentences with "legislative council". The examples show how this phrase is used in real sentences and which words often surround it.

Legislative Council in a sentence

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Words in this phrase

legislative council

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • legislative can mean: Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking. Frequent word
  • council can mean: A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council). Common word

Context words

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

members 14× executive 11× elected 7× power 4× governor 4× six 3× election 3× five 3× sat 3× remained 2× chosen 2× chief 2×

Related phrases

city council parish council legislative session council meeting council spokesperson town council arts council security council council meetings european council

Other phrases with this word

Other phrases with legislative:

legislative session 20× legislative assembly 16× legislative leaders 9× legislative agenda 8×

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

legislative session legislative assembly legislative leaders legislative agenda legislative branch

Same ending:

city council parish council town council arts council security council european council

Example types with legislative council

Below, the examples are grouped by length and sentence type:

Short example sentences

He was aided by the Executive Council and the Legislative Council. (11 words)

Legislative power is vested in both the Governor and the Legislative Council. (12 words)

Another two candidates have put themselves forward for a seat in the Legislative Council. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

In January 2013 it was proposed that the Executive Council would be led by a "Chief Councillor" who would be elected by the members of the Legislative Council and would nominate the other members of the Executive Council. (38 words)

More importantly, all 11 men who had ever sat on the Executive Council also sat on the board of the Bank at one time or another. 10 of these men also sat on the Legislative Council. (36 words)

The Legislative Council was now composed of six ex-officio members, six nominated members, and eighteen elected members, however the Legislative Council continued to have purely advisory powers – all executive power remained with the governor. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Its legislative power was subject to veto by the appointed Lieutenant Governor, Executive Council, and Legislative Council.

Secretaries had remained to be chosen by the Chief Executive not from the Legislative Council, and their appointments need not be approved by the Legislative Council.

The Legislative Council was now composed of six ex-officio members, six nominated members, and eighteen elected members, however the Legislative Council continued to have purely advisory powers – all executive power remained with the governor.

At each election one member is elected to the Legislative Assembly from each of 93 electoral districts and half of the 42 members of the Legislative Council are elected by a statewide electorate.

In July 1947, separate Executive and Legislative Councils were established and the election of six members of the Legislative Council was scheduled for the following year.

Legislative power is vested in both the Governor and the Legislative Council.

The Legislative Assembly consists of 224 members who are elected for five-year terms. citation The Legislative Council is a permanent body of 75 members with one-third (25 members) retiring every two years.

This Provisional Legislative Council, lacking legislative or constitutional power, moved into Hong Kong and completed its term in 1999.

In January 2013 it was proposed that the Executive Council would be led by a "Chief Councillor" who would be elected by the members of the Legislative Council and would nominate the other members of the Executive Council.

Executive Branch The Executive Council consists of the Governor, three ex officio officers (one, the Attorney General, having no vote), and five elected members of the Legislative Council.

Five Council Committees would be made up from the membership of the Legislative Council and civil servants so that at any time there would always be a majority of elected members.

He was aided by the Executive Council and the Legislative Council.

More importantly, all 11 men who had ever sat on the Executive Council also sat on the board of the Bank at one time or another. 10 of these men also sat on the Legislative Council.

The Legislative Council ( Chinese 立法院 main) was largely a ceremonial body, existing to rubber-stamp decisions issued by the State Council.

The Legislative Council included the members of the Executive Council and unofficial members initially chosen from British commercial interests.

Another two candidates have put themselves forward for a seat in the Legislative Council.

But he joined the Mahagathbandhan in 2018 when the RJD helped his son Santosh Suman get a berth in the legislative council.

Chandrasekhar Rao, his cabinet colleagues, speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy, legislative council chairman G. Sukhender Reddy and senior officials attended the swearing-in.

He agreed at lawmakers’ request to provide quarterly reports to the Legislative Council on the use of the grant funds if the department receives them.

In February 2006, Hamas had won the highest number of seats for election to the Palestinian Legislative Council, easily surpassing Fatah of President Mahmoud Abbas who heads the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.