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The phrase "a provisional proposal" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a suggestion or plan that is temporary and subject to change or further discussion.
Example: "The committee has put forward a provisional proposal for the new policy, which will be reviewed in the next meeting."
Alternatives: "a temporary suggestion" or "a tentative plan".
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A provisional proposal needs to be circulated among EU leaders before 4 February to stand any chance of a final agreement being reached before March.Mr Cameron is expected to speak to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel this week before joining her in Hamburg on 12 February.
Cusan "conjecture" is not to be taken as what we normally mean by the word in contemporary English where it covers the range from a guess or hunch to a typical surmise to a provisional proposal to be investigated or checked against usually empirical evidence.
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Gaz Corfield, a target shooter and blogger, raised concerns about the commission's provisional proposal that it should be an offence to possess articles with the intention of using them unlawfully to convert imitation firearms into live firearms.
Professor David Ormerod QC, the law commissioner responsible for this project, has helpfully summarised his provisional proposals in a short video presentation.
Camden has published provisional proposals for pared-back spending.
It contained only provisional proposals, much had been left for the parties to negotiate in the run-up to the midnight deadline on Thursday.
And yet the Law Commission's provisional proposals have not been greeted with unalloyed joy from everyone, including the licensed firearms community.
The CMA said the team, numbering up to 40 people, would aim to beat the new deadline by releasing its provisional proposals in January and publishing its final decision by the end of April.
But Professor David Ormerod, the law commissioner responsible for the contempt of court consultation, told the newspaper: "In drafting our provisional proposals, we considered freedom of expression under the Human Rights Act, which covers the press's right to report and the public's right to know.
The provisional proposals were originally launched by the Boundary Commission in September 2011.
"The next step in the process will be the publication of the commission's provisional proposals for the new boundaries for public consultation towards the end of the year.
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