metropolitan district
Britishnoun
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In England, providing adult social care is the responsibility of unitary authorities, metropolitan district councils, county councils and London borough councils.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
About 1,650 seats will be contested on 14 county councils, eight unitary authorities, one metropolitan district, and in the Isles of Scilly.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2025
About 9,200 seats were up for grabs in 279 metropolitan, district and unitary authorities across England, excluding London.
From BBC ● May 9, 2015
The judge's decision was an official response to a two-year-old suit brought by the city of Quincy against the metropolitan district commission and the Boston water and sewage commission.
From Time Magazine Archive
But when one comes to realize how tremendously widespread the metropolitan district of Greater New York is these days, the performance of it becomes a transportation marvel, a masterpiece of organization.
From The Romance of a Great Store by Edward Hungerford
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