Sentence examples for a token proposal from inspiring English sources
Democrats say it is a token proposal intended to give cover to Republicans who will not vote for the larger bill.
Japanese news media have interpreted this proposal as a token gesture to appease Okinawans by moving at least some of the Marines off the island.
Although this would initially appear to be a token commitment, the panel's proposal would enforce it by stopping the flow of funding to universities that did not adopt policies promoting the complete disclosure of intellectual property with commercial potential.
The buyer typically makes a proposal to the seller, putting down a token 1 to 5 percent, Mr. Gaggia said.
However, some women do provide a token ring, such as a beer tab, at the moment of proposal;[4] the suitability of such a token depends on your own preferences and your knowledge of him.
A new batch of papers released yesterday evening indicated that the Palestinians agreed to proposals that would involve the return of a token number of refugees, a position privately voiced by Palestinians before.
In this context, proposals to reprimand firms that market abusive tax avoidance schemes are a token gesture.
Under the Senate's proposal, workers can get a partial refund above $2,500 ― a reduction that's essentially a token, Marr said.
Yet when it came, it left CAP spending more or less untouched: a token cut of less than 2%, which will actually raise its share of the budget to 44%, plus a proposal for a review in 2008.
If there's anything controversial about his general proposals, though, that's more a symptom of the etiolated quality of the Democratic Party than a token of Beinart's audacity.
