Sentence examples for back a proposition from inspiring English sources

The Independent on Sunday can reveal Mr Corbyn has been consulting Labour MPs to see whether they will back a "proposition" laid in the Commons stating that "the Government has not made its case" for extending air strikes.

Voters in the Yugoslav republic of Croatia today, as expected, overwhelmingly backed a proposition calling for the republic to become a sovereign, independent nation linked in a loose confederation with this country's other republics, provisional referendum results indicated.

A few years back, an extraordinary proposition by the name of Palladium was set before the British public.

A wide majority of Slovenian voters backed a similar proposition last December, and Slovenia is expected to declare itself independent on June 26.

This warrant-backing chain constituted a proposition set and was awarded one point.

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader blasted his onetime ally California Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday for failing to back a November ballot proposition that would raise the cap on pain-and-suffering awards in medical malpractice suits.

Mr McCluskey told BBC News: "We have put a proposition back to the company.

She backed Proposition A because she wants her children to be able to play in the frontyard without danger.

Trump's is "Make America Great Again," a proposition that harks back to a time when a different, more homogeneous order prevailed.

In 2010, one of the greatest progressive victories was beating back California Proposition 23, a measure that would have gutted the state's landmark climate change bill.

A few months back, when Proposition 8 was declared unconstitutional in a San Francisco courtroom, the Los Angeles Times put out a top-twenty list of "classic works of gay literature".