Example sentences of "a proposal for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Frenchman was a lawyer , and Sir Anthony was on the board of the building firm which Gillian 's father mostly owned ; air traffic was increasing , bonanza time , and the company had appointed Anthony to be their emissary on a proposal for a joint venture on a new terminal . |
| 2 | Mr Patten will also outline the forthcoming ‘ green Bill ’ , underlining the Government 's commitment to environmental protection in the wake of his decision to reject a proposal for a new town at Foxley Wood , Hampshire . |
| 3 | In a previous issue of JFIT News we announced that we were beginning to draft a proposal for a new Compound Semiconductor Advanced Technology Programme , and we asked for your views and ideas as to the scope of the workplan and the size of the budget . |
| 4 | In January 1990 the Yugoslav federal presidency issued a proposal for a new constitution , along with an alternative proposal from Slovenia calling for the transformation of Yugoslavia into a confederation rather than a federal state . |
| 5 | At the time that these discussions were taking place , SCOTVEC had embarked upon its Advanced Courses Development Programme , and the college therefore seized the opportunity to meet these local training needs by submitting a proposal for a unitised HNC in Computer Aided Engineering . |
| 6 | However , a proposal for a 10-year moratorium on building more nuclear power stations was approved by 947,356 votes ( 54.6 per cent ) to 787,247 ( 45.4 per cent ) . |
| 7 | The North Korean President , Kim Il Sung , rejected later the same month a proposal for a Korean commonwealth put forward on Sept. 11 , 1989 , by the South Korean President , Roh Tae Woo [ see p. 36892 ] , saying that it would perpetuate division . |
| 8 | His third publication was a proposal for a phonetic alphabet in which related sounds were denoted by related symbols ; this appeared in the Royal Society 's Philosophical Transactions ( 1686 ) . |
| 9 | A proposal for a Private Member 's Bill may emanate from the Member himself , or may have been urged upon him by another Member or Members , or by an outside pressure or interest group . |
| 10 | The British government is sponsoring a proposal for a European Community ban on the import of tropical wild birds because of the high death rates they suffer during transport to Europe after their capture in the forests of Africa and South America . |
| 11 | My hon. Friend the Minister of State , Treasury , is conducting discussions with the industry on the basis of a proposal for a flat rate agricultural tax which would replace the 17.5 per cent . |
| 12 | A reference by the Director may include a proposal for a ministerial order dealing with the consumer trade practice , section 17 . |
| 13 | A proposal for a multi-million pound shopping mall could be the key . |
| 14 | Pakistan countered with a proposal for a seven-month time frame . |
| 15 | ( ii ) has had a bankruptcy order made against him or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors or has made a proposal for a voluntary arrangement under Part VIII of the Insolvency Act 1986 or is or has been a director of a company in respect of which an administration order under Part II of the Insolvency Act 1986 or a winding-up order has been made or in respect of which a resolution for voluntary winding up has been passed or which has made a proposal for a voluntary arrangement under Part I of the Insolvency Act 1986 or in respect of which a person has been appointed receiver or administrative receiver ; or |
| 16 | ( ii ) has had a bankruptcy order made against him or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors or has made a proposal for a voluntary arrangement under Part VIII of the Insolvency Act 1986 or is or has been a director of a company in respect of which an administration order under Part II of the Insolvency Act 1986 or a winding-up order has been made or in respect of which a resolution for voluntary winding up has been passed or which has made a proposal for a voluntary arrangement under Part I of the Insolvency Act 1986 or in respect of which a person has been appointed receiver or administrative receiver ; or |
| 17 | In 1799 he was consulted about a tunnel under the Thames , and in 1800 he submitted a proposal for a cast-iron replacement for London bridge . |
| 18 | In June , one of France 's leading economic experts , Jacques Rueff , approached the new minister of finance , Antoine Pinay , with a proposal for a sweeping " programme of economic and financial renovation " . |
| 19 | According to USL , the school effectively rejected a proposal for a full comparison of Berkeley versus USL code by unbiased third parties by demanding that the evaluation be limited only to USL-specified snapshots and by selecting as arbiters for its side members of the Computer Systems Research Group whose credentials , USL claims , were already tainted . |
| 20 | He even postponed , on his own responsibility , a proposal for a mediatory broadcast by the Archbishop of Canterbury ( Randall Davidson ) , which the Government itself would have found very difficult to forbid . |
| 21 | Again , de Gaulle had approached the British government with a proposal for a Free French expedition to rally a strategically important part of the French empire . |
| 22 | A proposal for a National Institute for the Environment to coordinate and fund scientific research on the environment , modelled on the National Institutes of Health , may soon gain the support of the National Academy of Sciences . |
| 23 | This was a proposal for a loose federation of locally based groups ; NICRA , however , was a centralised organisation based mainly in Belfast . |