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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
borough council
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Alexei features in a 20minute video bought by the borough council for a major anti-vandalism campaign to be launched early next year.
▪ Splashing out: Children in Hartlepool will soon be able to have more fun than ever, thanks to the borough council.
▪ The borough council publication centres on the City Challenge scheme and the Environment City award.
▪ The park, once the home of the Gladstone family, has been given over by the borough council.

Usage examples of "borough council".

She had once stood for the Borough Council as an anti-fluoride candidate and polled fifty-eight votes.

The borough council awarded the swaying Jim their highest commendation, the Argentinum Astrum, before drinking itself to collective extinction.

At first glance, the town centre looked largely unchanged, but in fact progress and the borough council had been at work everywhere.

You ought to hear Dad on the subject of his antics on the Borough Council!

If it wasn't for the tourist income the Borough Council wouldn't even let you do your songs and sonnets.