His second task was to preserve and exercise the metropolitan authority of his see.

This meant the Social Accord had only to advise the police and other metropolitan authorities of its intention to hold the rally.

Unit costs in metropolitan authorities have been consistently higher than in the shire counties.

Like all metropolitan authorities, the city is divided into a number of wards or electoral districts.

To him is due the restoration of the metropolitan authority of Tarragona.

Before the bull's publication, the church in Scotland had no metropolitan authority by way of an archbishop.

Officials from the metropolitan authority locked arms to hold back the mob.

Finally, we should note the healthy expansion in the number of women candidates - exceeding 25% for the first time in the metropolitan authorities.

This contrasts with the picture in the metropolitan authorities where they had 15% fewer candidates.

A similarly complex picture emerges from the results in the metropolitan authorities.