Being part of the infamous metropolitan elite can be dispiriting.

Soft conspiracies will blame disease on the weakness of the metropolitan elite or the dissolute behaviour of urban populations, who in return will blame farmers.

Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the metropolitan elite?

The party's metropolitan elite has chosen to forget that many of its northern constituencies voted leave.

The liberal, metropolitan elite cheering on the protesters should be careful what they wish for.

The plan identifies and analyzes transportation needs of the metropolitan region and creates a framework for project priorities.

They don't have political, electoral or jurisdictional power whatsoever, so citizens living in a metropolitan region do not elect representatives for them.

For a given metropolitan region, only intersections along freeways, arterials and some major roads are included.

In 2011 the metropolitan region had an estimated population of 3.74 million.

With state funding, the original campus expanded, and other campuses were thereafter established throughout the metropolitan region.