Example sentences of "proposal for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Graff 's proposals for a structured pluralism are admirable in theory , but in practice they would , I fear , merely increase the demoralization of students and teachers . |
| 2 | PROPOSALS for a £100m , privately financed dual carriageway linking the M8 and M74 motorways in Scotland were unveiled yesterday by the Government . |
| 3 | The threat came from proposals for a barrage across the lough 's narrows to generate electricity from the tide 's ebb and flow . |
| 4 | SIR GEOFFREY LITTLER , a former Treasury official and currently a director of NatWest Investment Bank , has been asked by the International Stock Exchange to head a committee which will develop proposals for a clearing house in securities . |
| 5 | THE GOVERNMENT 'S advisers on scientific research have rejected proposals for a £50m national clinical research centre , which medical experts say is needed urgently . |
| 6 | The Advisory Board for the Research Councils acknowledged the need for a boost to clinical research , but rejected the Medical Research Council 's proposals for a new centre linking basic laboratory research to clinical research in a hospital setting and postgraduate education . |
| 7 | Their advice follows a decision by John MacGregor , Secretary of State for Education , to delay proposals for a national appraisal scheme , run by local authorities under strict guidelines . |
| 8 | President Mitterrand has backed Soviet proposals for a 35-nation conference next year to decide Europe 's future . |
| 9 | The bill includes proposals for a new television channel , three new national commercial radio channels and numerous local services . |
| 10 | A buyer has yet to be announced for Harwich , where SeaCo recently announced proposals for a £200million industrial , leisure and residential development . |
| 11 | Delegates rejected proposals for a referendum . |
| 12 | The Metropolitan Police are to adopt MPs ' proposals for a big recruitment drive among black and Asian communities in 1990 . |
| 13 | Belgium : the government rejected as ‘ inappropriate at present ’ proposals for a new power station . |
| 14 | Proposals for a worldwide carbon tax and the phasing out of coal-burning generators appear to have been ruled out . |
| 15 | The World Bank has already put forward proposals for a global environment fund with which UNEP and the UN Development Programme would be associated . |
| 16 | Later this month , an official review committee of Labour MPs , which has already described the working hours as ‘ largely indefensible ’ , will produce proposals for a new working day , probably involving ministerial question-times during morning sittings , and an end to business by 7pm ( compare the midday-to-7pm sittings of Congress ) . |
| 17 | It was nearly a year ago , before the Heseltine challenge , says the college 's Principal , Dr John Beynon , that the Prince of Wales 's advisers approached King 's with proposals for a jointly funded study of the potential of Somerset House . |
| 18 | SHAREHOLDERS in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development are set to clash today over proposals for a substantial increase in resources to the former Soviet Union . |
| 19 | Mr Beregovoy is expected to approve proposals for a Gallic form of personal equity plans in the next few weeks which would allow French investors up to £60,000 worth of shares each , free of dividend and capital gains tax . |
| 20 | Shorter papers were published on the proposals for a National Health Service ; Hydro Electric Development ; the demobilisation problems confronting Lewis servicemen ; the Water ( Scotland ) Bill ; the National Insurance Scheme and a proposal to reclaim a large area of tidal land for agriculture . |
| 21 | A working party , chaired by Robin Bidwell of the consultancy Environmental Resources , sets out proposals for a scheme to provide ( i ) a framework within which environmental consulting groups can declare their competence for carrying out environmental auditing and ( ii ) a code of practice to be followed when undertaking environmental audits . |
| 22 | Recent topics have included updates on how European countries are handling the environmental labelling issue and proposals for a comprehensive EC labelling system . |
| 23 | These include life cycle analysis and ecobalances ‘ to try to clarify what can be done and what is sensible to do and how to do it ’ and the proposals for a CO2/energy tax . |
| 24 | The National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has announced proposals for a scheme to fight pollution and improve the water environment in England and Wales . |
| 25 | The UK makes no proposals for a definition . |
| 26 | We will consider proposals for a new system of rebates to come into effect from April 1996 with the aim of ensuring that personal pensions remain attractive across the age range . |
| 27 | A few years later there were proposals for a National Curriculum in England and Wales under the law — a law which would provide , according to the government , ‘ a framework not a straitjacket ’ . |
| 28 | Proposals for a Trans-Siberian had been made since the 1850s , but it was famine and political disorder in the East at the beginning of the last decade of the century which finally prompted the building of the line . |
| 29 | After his two trips into Benghazi , he had submitted proposals for a further expedition to destroy once and for all the harbour facilities . |
| 30 | The US vetoed proposals for a substantive conference that would allow regional discussions and negotiations , linking talks of an Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait with an Israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab territory . |