Example sentences of "[prep] control [prep] the council " in BNC.

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1 In general , Labour seemed relatively to suffer from high poll tax levels even where it was not in control of the council .
2 For , as we shall see , political practice and behaviour at the local level can vary widely , even with the same party in control of the council chamber .
3 They tried to cloud the issue even further by mixing the question of L M S with the reforms which my group brought in while we were in control of the Council which is in stark contrast to the true situation .
4 In we were fortunate in that the time of the introduction of L M S coincided with the all too brief period when this group was in control of the Council and as the window of opportunity opened to get off to a flying start
5 But I think of course we can all debate er the various individual proposals and I think if we were in control of the council not only of course would we have different policies but the sort of detailed matters which would come up in debate would be discussed in committee , things would be in the normal way .
6 When they were in control of the council , Tories proposed an underground car park beneath the market square and a multi-storey car park in Beaumont Street but this was rejected by the Labour administration as impractical .
7 ‘ When we were in control of the council we positively encouraged housing associations and the private sector to build in the town .
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