Councils should be answerable to the people who elect them.

委员会应对选出他们的那些人作出交代。

We are heading for a crisis, with cash-starved councils forced to cut back on vital community services.

我们正面临危机，几个资金匮乏的理事会不得不削减一些重要的公共服务项目。

They prove impractical for city councils.

事实证明，它们对市议会来说是不切实际的。

State art councils help sponsor local arts and crafts festivals which draw crowds of tourist consumers.

国家艺术委员会为当地能吸引大量游客的工艺品艺术节提供赞助。

He also urged councils to impose "fast-food-free zones" around schools and hospitals—areas within which takeaways cannot open.

他还敦促地方议会在学校和医院周围设立“无快餐区”，在这些区域内外卖店不能营业。

The existence of new revenue streams for some but not all councils is complicated, and businesses are often opposed, fearing higher costs will make them uncompetitive.

对于部分但非全部的地方议会来说，新的收入来源的存在是复杂的，并且经常遭受企业反对，因为他们担心更高的成本会使他们失去竞争力。

These might include threats to freeze EU funds for poorer regions and EU mega-projects, and even the suspension of a country's voting rights in EU ministerial councils.

这些可能包括威胁冻结欧盟提供给贫困地区和欧盟大型项目的资金，甚至暂停某个成员国在欧盟部长级理事会的投票权。

Most postdoctoral work is funded by the research councils.

大部分的博士后的工作都是由研究会资助的。

A survey by American Councils for International Education showed that there were 227,086 Chinese learners across the formal US education system, making Chinese the third most popular language being studied.

美国国际教育委员会的一项调查显示，在美国的整个正规教育体系中，有227，086名学习中文的人，使中文成为第三大最受欢迎的语言学习。

Labour likewise wants to discontinue local planning where councils oppose development.

工党同样希望在议会反对发展的情况下停止地方规划。

Power would be devolved to regional councils.

权力会下放到地方议会。

Local councils to allocate housing on a points system.

地方委员会以计分制分配住屋。

There are about 50 boards and councils, with some 750 members.

这样的董事会和理事会总有约50个，大约750名成员。

The foundation has praised the councils’ responsiveness to local needs.

该基金会称赞了委员会对当地需求的积极响应。

The foundation has praised the councils' responsiveness to local needs.

该基金会称赞了委员会对当地需求的积极响应。

That money is needed to revive the goods and services run by local councils.

当地委员会需要这些钱来恢复货物和服务供给。

Up to the 1980s, such conflict was well managed by local inter-tribal councils.

直到上世纪80年代，这种冲突才在部落间委员会的管理下得到改善。

And some surprising folk, from school heads to local councils, are keen on them.

还有一些令人吃惊的居民，从学校首领到地方议会议员，都十分喜爱单足滑。

You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues.

但你们要谨慎，因为人要把你们交给公会，并且你们在会堂里要受鞭打；

Municipal elections to fill half the seats on local councils began earlier in 1926.

早在1926年，市政议会的一半席位即由地方选举产生。

Some councils issued smaller bins, to penalise those who produced lots of rubbish.

一些委员会分发更小的垃圾箱，并惩罚那些制造更多垃圾的人。

They quickly raise theological issues normally settled in church councils, not the courtroom.

这些争端通常很快就上升为神学争端，而且得由教会委员会而不是法院来裁决。

In MOST of Europe works councils deal with such dull matters as working hours and safety.

欧洲大多数的劳资联合会都在处理诸如工作时间和工作安全之类了无新意的问题。

Village councils actually vote to select the midwife candidates from their own community.

村委会在自己社区投票选出助产妇候选人。

Panchayats – village councils- have signed off on the plans before the start of construction.

开工时，村务委员会（Panchayats）已经在设计图上签了字。

A number of councils have recommended the books and lesson plans to schools in their area.

有一部分地方议会向它们所在区域的学校推荐了这些书和课程计划。

But the councils likely to gain will be those in flourishing regions where housing demand is high.

但获利的往往很可能是房屋需求庞大、地处经济繁荣地区的地方议会。

But even that is not all bad: it suggests the bullies are starting to recognise the councils' power.

但即便如此，也不是所有的事情都那么糟糕：这表明地头蛇们开始认识到了委员会的威力。