Sentence examples for a second proposition from inspiring English sources

That said, a second proposition requires any increase in fees to be passed by a two-thirds majority in the Legislature; a similar mandate is already in place for taxes.

A second proposition, to have the signatures on proxy ballots written on an outer envelope that can be separated from the ballot, was preferred by a majority of those voting but it was defeated because the "Yes" vote failed to reach the two-thirds majority necessary for an amendment to be adopted.

A second proposition is that eco-efficiency and normative rules such as a Factor Four strongly rely upon institutions, i.e. the ability of institutions to evolve over time and the development of those institutions that are most appropriate to enhance technological change.

He can convince himself of a proposition, "A," and a second proposition, "Not A," and come to believe that the two may be combined.

But a second proposition that's sometimes forgotten in the rah-rah of free trade rhetoric is that simply open trade or open investment by itself has no guarantee of meeting the criterion of raising wellbeing broadly, much less across the board.

A second proposition for the perception of pain in the absence of spinal pathology is the presence of central pain memories.

There is, however, a third proposition: not everyone who watches television is a sports fan.

A third proposition is that inequality translates into envy and unhappiness: someone who would have been happy at a given income is unhappy if he discovers that others are getting more.

Chris had a third proposition, and the pith of it was this: he went back to the day when a group of Scottish noblemen, led by Darnley, broke into her room at Holyrood where she was playing cards.

Let us take as a first proposition p, e.g., that "there is no truth".

Again: rheme (by which Peirce meant a relation of arbitrary adicity or arity) was a first, proposition was a second, and argument was a third.