Example sentences of "[pos pn] proposal for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thirty years on , English is a large and entrenched subject , and there is no likelihood of putting the clock back , and starting again in some other way : my proposal for a division between Cultural Studies and a degree in poetry is a pragmatic proposal for a way out of current difficulties . |
| 2 | If Labour wins the election , I imagine all scientists will emigrate anyway , but a new Conservative government should give serious thought to my proposal for deporting any research scientist who asks for government money . |
| 3 | The company has used a modified version of the design in its proposal for the European Teraflop initiative . |
| 4 | In its proposal for short-term action , the Commission suggests a five-point programme focussing on giving both countries huge amounts of food aid and concessionary loans to assist with reform , especially in the farm sector . |
| 5 | In December 1990 , the Commission amended its Proposal for a Fifth Directive as part of a general policy of eliminating obstacles to takeover bids . |
| 6 | At the same time , SunSelect also unveiled its proposal for a Public Windows Interface specification that would bring the Windows applications program interface into the public domain and make it harder for Microsoft to alter it to trip up the competition . |
| 7 | Sun has the backing of ICL Plc and Fujitsu Ltd as well as Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp for Wabi and for its proposal for a Public Windows Interface specification that would bring the Windows applications program interface into the public domain and make it harder for Microsoft to alter it to trip up the competition . |
| 8 | At the same time , SunSelect unveiled its proposal for a Public Windows Interface specification that would bring the Windows applications program interface into the public domain and make it harder for Microsoft to alter it so as to trip up the competition . |
| 9 | With its proposal for the granting of a maximum of three days consecutive holiday , it actually worsened some workers ' conditions . |
| 10 | The Gann Report received qualified approval from the colleges , though in many quarters regret was expressed that it had not taken the opportunity to recommend a single validating body for all courses in art and design , and not just non-advanced ones , and that its proposal for two different types of courses was ‘ elitist ’ and a vain attempt to separate the sheep from the goats . |
| 11 | Several aspects of the plan , including its proposal for an immediate ceasefire guaranteed by UN Security Council forces , were rejected by the Cambodian government . |
| 12 | In a speech on June 7 the Iranian Foreign Minister , Ali Akbar Vellayati , described the Arab summit resolution as " in contrast to the Iraqi regime 's claims that it wants peace " , and dismissed as " illogical " its proposal for prisoner-of-war exchange to be conducted outside the framework of the peace negotiations . |
| 13 | A commentator 's article in the mainland People 's Daily of March 18 welcomed the new programme , especially its proposal for direct postal , trade and shipping services between Taiwan and the mainland , but referred to " quite a few questionable points " , including the Taiwan government 's demand for recognition as an independent and equal political entity , and its preconditions for unification : democracy , free economy , equal society and the rationalization of the armed forces . |
| 14 | Thus , some schools saw the refurbishment of the library as a prerequisite for the kinds of curriculum development to which their proposal for the project was firmly linked . |
| 15 | Their proposal for a further education funding council does not really have any commitment . |
| 16 | Erm the County Council 's phrase , an ability to link into the rail network , was geared originally to their proposal for a settlement of between eight hundred and a thousand dwellings . |
| 17 | He succeeded in producing the first development plan for Athens since it was liberated from the Turks , but in 1984 he was forced to resign over his proposal for establishing a green belt by bulldozing illegal slums in the suburbs . |
| 18 | He regretted that his proposal for a peace conference a year ago had not been acted upon , as he was confident the Soviet Union would have participated at that time with beneficial effects for the whole world . |
| 19 | Under Standing Order 19 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays after Question Time , one member , selected by the Speaker on a first come , first served basis , has ten minutes in which to outline his proposal for legislation . |
| 20 | It followed that punishments should be no harsher than was necessary to achieve reductivist ends by means of deterrence ; from this he derived his proposal for a tariff of fixed , certain penalties , proportionate to the offence but relatively mild by the standards of his own day . |
| 21 | Gorbachev also reiterated his proposal for inspection access to foreign military bases . |
| 22 | Of course , I regret those job losses , but the hon. Gentleman has surely seen the article in The Independent on Sunday a week last Sunday which spelt out clearly the devastating consequences on jobs in the retail trade of his proposal for a national statutory minimum wage . |
| 23 | Hence his proposal for a competition to describe the significance of the Higgs boson — a target of the next generation of accelerators such as the proposed Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva and Superconducting Super Collider under construction in Texas . |
| 24 | De Gaulle had not waited for the end of the war to formulate his proposal for the new German settlement . |
| 25 | " Ringo 's accepted our proposal for repeating Wallace 's search with the Bugis pirates for the Greater Bird of Paradise . |
| 26 | That more exact calculation has , I think , met with general approval and as I said in my statement about our proposal for council tax benefit in a written answer on 28 November , we intend to maintain that closer alignment in the wake of the changes in local taxation that are intended to take effect in April 1993 . |
| 27 | It was a great pleasure to meet you at the Conference in Lisbon and to talk about your proposal for an introduction to CALL . |