Such controversy did not escape Bloomfield, whose mayor and council initially denied a permit to film in town.

The party and the council - both part of the same Hindu nationalist family - deny the charges.

However, local councils denied the application for resource consents.

Invariably, when complaints are made, the council denies liability.

He did not receive an official reply until 1989, in which the council denied responsibility.

The council has denied any link.

Some councils refused under any circumstances whatever to purchase private services and would rather deny a disadvantaged person access to care than buy it privately.

The council will not deny that I had every right to seek the repatriation of my own kinsmen?

Just last week, the national council of the N.E.A. denied four grant applications, even though they had been approved by peer panels.

The council denies that this Coventry estate is a dumping ground for single parents, a denial which is contradicted by the evidence of the inhabitants.