Preposition: of

• elder: As she confronts Nogbad in front of the council of elders, Noggin's ship is sighted approaching the harbor.

Converse of object

• elect: The elected neighborhood council is dependent on the local authority for resources.

• advise: Specialists advise the Council of areas of land where remains of pre-historic man are most likely to be discovered.

Adjective modifier

• local: Local councils, DVLA, even the Inland Revenue, they could all be run from Delhi for a fraction of the current cost.

• unitary: This will follow a public consultation of at least six weeks ' duration led by the county and unitary councils.

• privy: He also obtained by the same means the reversion of the clerkship to the privy council.

• municipal: At the local level, France's metropolitan departments are divided into communes, which are governed by municipal councils.

• metropolitan: The system operates on a two-year rota: one-year urban areas with metropolitan councils, the next county councils.

Modifies a noun

• tax: Does my council tax all go on South Norfolk Council services?

• tenant: If you are a council tenant, these rules do not affect you.

• payer: For a council tax payer wanting proper coverage of what their council is doing it's a nightmare.

• estate: That trend gathered pace in the twentieth century, with council estates adding to private developments.

• housing: Don't just read about the future of council housing.

• election: Parish and town council elections The Green Party has also put forward 181 candidates for Parish and Town Councils around the country.

Noun used with modifier

• district: Under 18s will be able to vote for an overall winner that will be presented to the district council.

• county: Frankly I cannot work out what is in the county council 's mind.

• parish: The balance of national to local representation shifted toward local in the Environment Act 1995 with the addition of parish council members.

• boro: Press Releases Read the latest news from the boro council.

• city: A man appeared in court for stealing a slide which the city council had thrown away - in a skip!

• town: A town with a population of 10,000, with its own town council, might not wish to be divided into neighborhoods.