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

Parish Council in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: parish
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 28
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 29.5 words

Words in this phrase

parish council

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • parish can mean: An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church. Frequent word
  • council can mean: A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council). Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 10 start, 5 middle, 5 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 parish council in swindon 1× agreed barrowden parish council to be 1× and broughton parish council which opposed 1× any parish council can decide 1× burn bridge parish council said at 1× disrepair the parish council said 1× facilities on parish council land including 1× from blaby parish council read blaby 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the parish council 2× a parish council 1× a statement from 1× any parish council 1× cllr tim lockley 1× councillor howard west 1×

Common sentence endings:

114 parking spaces 1× an outreach program 1× and parish council 1× bennetts recreation ground 1× board and sheriff 1× council award scheme 1×

Context words

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

meeting 4× toilets 4× chairman 3× porthcothan 3× plans 2× blaby 2× welcome 2× single 2× board 2× ground 2× harbury 2× village 2×

Related phrases

city council council meeting council spokesperson parish church town council arts council security council council meetings european council advisory council

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around parish:

parish church 20× parish priest 14× rouge parish 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

parish church paris olympics paris france paris fashion parental leave parental consent

Just after it in the phrase index:

parish priest parish sheriff park avenue park elementary park near park neighborhood

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

parish church parish priest parish sheriff

Same ending:

city council town council arts council security council european council advisory council

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "parish council" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 29.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a parish council in swindon, agreed barrowden parish council to be, meeting, toilets and chairman stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with city council, council meeting, council spokesperson, parish church, parish priest and rouge parish, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with parish council

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

Short example sentences

This was agreed, Barrowden Parish Council to be informed of the Council's decision. (14 words)

A parish council in Swindon has received the highest accolade possible in a council award scheme. (16 words)

The parish council took over the responsibility of the play area from South Gloucestershire Council in 2018. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

Cllr Tim Lockley, Chairman of Harbury Parish Council, said: “Harbury Parish Council is pleased to have been able to work with David Wilson Homes to commemorate some of the men from the village who died during the First World War. (40 words)

Following a formal meeting in November, the pack said the parish council submitted feedback on the layout and requested that the affordable units had a restriction so they are offered to residents of Harrold Parish in the first instance. (39 words)

Hedley Parish Council’s vice chairman, Arne Wolters, said The Feathers Inn was a “key business” in the parish and the wider area, adding: “I think it is an excellent pub and something that Northumberland wants and needs. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

Weedon Parish Council (WPC) has objected to the plans, as have Stowe IX Parish Council and Dodford Parish Meeting.

A statement from Blaby Parish Council read: “Blaby Parish Council is saddened to hear of Mr Smith's and Mr Savage's conclusion as we welcome parishioners from all walks of life and indeed welcome diversity.

Councillor Howard West, chairman of Pannal and Burn Bridge Parish Council, said at the time that planning officers “made errors” and that the parish council had written to the government about it.

The Landry transition council proposal would transfer approval authority to a single parish industrial development board, composed of members or appointees from the parish council, school board and sheriff.

The parish council ‘expressed the earnest hope’ that the money from section 106 agreements could be used to develop facilities on parish council land, including Bennetts Recreation Ground.

Cllr Tim Lockley, Chairman of Harbury Parish Council, said: “Harbury Parish Council is pleased to have been able to work with David Wilson Homes to commemorate some of the men from the village who died during the First World War.

Any parish council can decide to describe itself as a town council, but this will usually only apply to the smallest "towns" (because larger towns will be larger than a single civil parish).

Following a formal meeting in November, the pack said the parish council submitted feedback on the layout and requested that the affordable units had a restriction so they are offered to residents of Harrold Parish in the first instance.

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Hedley Parish Council’s vice chairman, Arne Wolters, said The Feathers Inn was a “key business” in the parish and the wider area, adding: “I think it is an excellent pub and something that Northumberland wants and needs.

Paget Parish Council said they wish “to extend a reminder for eligible students to apply for the Paget Parish Undergraduate Scholarship or the Robert J. Wright Scholarship.

The charitable project is being led by Studley Parish Church with support from the local GP surgery and Parish Council.

He was a member of the parish council, a lector, eucharistic minister, active member of the parish book club and served as the financial manager for the St. Vincent de Paul Society, an outreach program.

Plans for the parish centre include a 275-capacity main hall, an additional multi-purpose hall, a café and meeting space, a parish council office, meeting rooms, toilets and a shower room, storage space and 114 parking spaces.

A parish council in Swindon has received the highest accolade possible in a council award scheme.

Porthcothan Toilets, based at the village of Porthcothan, between Newquay and Padstow, are looked after by the St Eval parish council and the Porthcothan Beach group after Cornwall Council removed its funding for toilets several years ago.

The council states: "It is clear to that there are some very significant concerns to raise with this reserved matters application, which are shared with Mabe Parish Council.

The inquiry had heard evidence on a raft of issues that were in dispute between the applicant and the city council on the one hand and Broughton Parish Council – which opposed the scheme – on the other.

The parish council took over the responsibility of the play area from South Gloucestershire Council in 2018.

This was agreed, Barrowden Parish Council to be informed of the Council's decision.

Toilets at the ground, owned by the Isle of Wight Council, were closed in 2005 and "allowed to fall into a state of disrepair", the parish council said.

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