Sentence examples for backing for a proposal from inspiring English sources

Canada failed to obtain Security Council backing for a proposal to send a U.N. delegation to East Timor to assess the security situation.

At the NATO summit meeting in Istanbul earlier this week, the United States won only tepid backing for a proposal for NATO to train Iraqi military and police forces, with President Jacques Chirac of France demanding that training would be conducted by individual nations and not under a NATO flag.

Nick Clegg has appeared to row back from a proposal for a tycoon tax built round a minimum tax rate.

I left traditional publishing after a particularly symbolic experience, when I was actively discouraged from acquiring a book I believed in wholeheartedly but then met with excessive enthusiasm (and a large advance to back it) for a proposal propelled by a fancy agent, celebrity endorsements, and a whole lotta hot air.

She took over her present job from a man who is now in prison on corruption charges, and she has won praise for backing a proposal to have the post abolished.

The prince is also known for backing a proposal to diversify the Saudi economy and reduce its reliance on revenue from oil exports.

He takes over as the director of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives as Mr. Bush has significantly scaled back his ambitions for a proposal that was a cornerstone of the "compassionate conservatism" of his presidential campaign.

He and Ms. Merkel, Europe's leading advocate for austerity, gave crucial backing to a proposal by Canada's prime minister, Stephen Harper, to set out deficit-reduction targets.

A5 New Tax System for Israel Israel's cabinet voted to overhaul the tax system for the first time in a quarter-century, backing a proposal for lower income tax rates balanced by new levies on inheritances, foreign earnings and capital gains.

Trump has maintained that he has popular backing for his proposal to build a wall along the Mexican border (and make Mexico pay for it).

After the White House, in February, requested about $100 billion for continued military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, staunch antiwar liberals in the House pushed back with a proposal for a total withdrawal of American troops by the end of the year.