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单词 unitary authority
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unitary authority
noun[C]
uk
/ˌjuː.nɪ.tər.i ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us
/ˌjuː.nɪ.ter.i əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
inEngland, atownorcityorlargeareathat isresponsiblefor all thefunctionsoflocalgovernment, so that these are notdividedbetween two differentauthorities:
（英格兰的）单一管理区
Cheshire's two-tiersystem- acountycounciland sixdistrictcouncils-changed, with thecountysplitbetween twounitaryauthorities.柴郡过去的两级体系，即一个县议会和六个区议会，发生了变化，郡分开成为两个单一管理区。
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  • Thevastmajorityofdistrictandcountycouncilsthatrespondedtoourrecentconsultationpaperon thestructureoflocalgovernmentinEnglandexpressedtheirdesiretobecomeunitaryauthorities.
  • Unitaryauthoritiesprovidethebestmeansforsecuringlocalservicesat thelowestcost.
  • He said Cleveland would bebestservedwith aunitaryauthoritycoveringthecurrentarea.
  • Plans toimposemoreunitaryauthoritieson Britain'sdisjointedpatchworkoflocalgovernmenthavehitaglitchafter ajudicialreviewwasbroughtin the HighCourt.
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(Definition ofunitary authorityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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Unitaryauthoritydecisions can be cavalier in the extreme.
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It is aunitaryauthorityfor local government purposes.
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To our knowledge, no other authority has suggested that it needs more councillors solely because of its new responsibilities as aunitaryauthority.
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Our excellent settlement allows us to get theunitaryauthorityoff to a good start in funding its services.
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It might be thought that there would be other cases, but we are the onlyunitaryauthoritywhere the electoral cycles do not match.
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It is not aunitaryauthority, but its councillors feel that some cuts have been made.
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It may work where there is aunitaryauthority, but it comes under strain where there are two local authorities.
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If we want effective and convenientunitaryauthoritylocal government, we should look to the county councils.
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We are agreed that there are great advantages to be got from having aunitaryauthority, where we can get that without sacrificing everything else.
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My reservation so far as the report on thisunitaryauthorityidea is concerned is the proposed maximum size of 1 million.
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Although it is to be part of theunitaryauthority, it will be, as it were, still pre-empting certain powers.
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And, thirdly, can he tell us how many electors every member of aunitaryauthoritywill have to represent under the new scheme?
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Of course, for aunitaryauthoritywe must have fixed an upper and a lower limit of population.
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There could be as many as four options, one of which could even be that theunitaryauthoritywas a county council.
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In addition, however, there are the problems associated with moving from a county structure to a smallerunitaryauthoritystructure.
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