The phrase "a plan that bears" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a plan that carries or supports a particular idea, outcome, or characteristic.
Example: "The committee proposed a plan that bears the potential for significant community improvement."
Alternatives: "a plan that holds" or "a plan that carries".
The plaintiffs contend that the state, by adopting a plan that bore little resemblance to the plan suggested by the Justice Department, was engaging in "invidious discrimination" against whites.
A lengthy section followed in which Lincoln outlined a plan for gradual emancipation, and asked for Constitutional amendments toward that end (a plan that bore little resemblance to the military emancipation he would proclaim in less than a month's time).
Based on a multi-dimensional minimization approach, we propose the choice of a Pareto-efficient response plan that bears the highest financial attractiveness on return on investment, and the lowest probability of conflicting with a company's missions.
Marshall's speech and the plan that bears his name became the capstone of American and British efforts to reorient postwar foreign policy to contend with the Soviet Union, a wartime ally turned adversary.
The State Department has yet even to be briefed on the plan that bears the formidable name of Global SOF Alliance.
Take George C. Marshall, a five-star general and the most important U.S. military leader during World War II who is best remembered today for the post-war European recovery plan that bore his name.
"Then you have business plans that bear no relationship to reality," he said.
Another is that, even in brief appearances, he tends to offer up three- and five-point policy plans that bore the audience.
Mr. Rose, the president of a real estate development and planning concern that bears his name, is a member of the board of the Brooklyn Academy and is a son of Sandra and Frederick Rose.
"It's a noble gesture, but I don't think that it's such a good idea," said Lawrence A. Krause, president of the San Francisco-based financial planning firm that bears his name.
