Sentence examples for dismissed proposals from inspiring English sources

But last week he contemptuously dismissed proposals for increased aid to poor nations.

In the past, the N.H.L. has dismissed proposals to go to the straight 3-2-1-0 system used internandonatly and athehe Olympics.

Housing ministers also dismissed proposals by the previous Labour leadership to bring in rent controls and longer tenancies at the last election as "Venezuela-style".

10 North Korea Rejects Offer North Korea dismissed proposals by the United States that it end its nuclear weapons program in exchange for aid and diplomatic recognition.

Scotland's first minister, Alex Salmond, has dismissed proposals for US senators to send a delegation to interview Scottish ministers over the Lockerbie affair.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, on Wednesday dismissed proposals to escalate the Fed's economic stimulus campaign as "reckless," arguing that the costs would be high and the benefits uncertain.

It is common for the mayor to dismiss proposals from candidates, saying their ideas are often meant to sway the electorate rather than be discussed as serious policy.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dismisses proposals to intervene in Syria with the claim that President Bashar Assad is a "reformer".

Back in Washington, Congressional Republicans dismissed his proposals.

But some critics dismissed the proposals as window dressing.

Opponents dismissed the proposals as "feel-good legislation" that they said would accomplish little.