The phrase "a suggestion put forward" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an idea or proposal that has been presented for consideration.
Example: "During the meeting, a suggestion put forward by the team was to implement a new marketing strategy to increase sales."
Alternatives: "a proposal presented" or "an idea proposed".
But he rejected a suggestion put forward by a Republican that he or his department should apologize.
Prime Minister John Howard has rejected a suggestion put forward by some members of his center-right Liberal Party to ban Muslim head scarves in public schools.
In recent years, researchers have confirmed a suggestion put forward in 1985, that the amount of sunlight falling on the Earth's surface is, as it were, falling a phenomenon dubbed "global dimming".
When the groups were asked for reasons underlying prescription errors a suggestion put forward was that junior medical staff often completed prescriptions.
This solution represented a suggestion put forward by one member of the panel in the first round and was queried by a number of panellists in Round 2. The Delphi research team therefore modified the wording of this solution to increase its clarity in Round 3.
One suggestion put forward by Roediger and McDermott relates to something known as associative processes; because all of the words in a given list are related to each other, they are more likely to activate related words in our memory.
Simms has no truck with the suggestion put forward in these pages by Gareth Potts, director of research and policy at the British Urban Regeneration Association, of marrying supermarkets' buying power with community ownership.
One suggestion, put forward by the European Stability Initiative, calls for processing claims much faster in Italy by all EU member states, efficiently relocating accepted refugees across Europe, and quickly returning those whose claims are unsuccessful.
One suggestion put forward by the state Opposition is to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars into developing the government's very own drone fleet: an air force of between six and 10 drones that would patrol the prison perimeters, using infrared and heat detection technology to pick up on any pesky smugglers.
