metropolitan district
Britishnoun
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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 1,650 seats will be contested on 14 county councils, eight unitary authorities, one metropolitan district, and in the the Isles of Scilly.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 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
Then the fleet took its first 24-hr, rest on airfields in the metropolitan district, and that night occurred the first civilian scare of the three-week maneuvers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fifteen persons appointed Commissioners in Lunacy for the metropolitan district, five of whom were physicians, were paid £1 an hour, and were appointed for one year.
From Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles by Tuke, Daniel Hack
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