Sentence examples for flag proposal from inspiring English sources
The flag proposal is expected to pass the council without any problems.
The snickering only got louder when the mayor immediately seemed to amend the flag proposal to one requiring a flagpole, but not necessarily the flag.
The maple leaf had been a national symbol since at least 1868, and its red colour has been described as a symbol of Canadian sacrifice during World War I. Pearson's original flag proposal showed three red maple leaves on a white field with narrow blue vertical stripes at either end.
Two other pieces of legislation that were left unresolved were the "Broadcast Flag" proposal and the "Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act of 2005". The former would give the FCC authority to require that all digital TV signals contain code that prevents redistribution.
The American Civil Liberties Union came out against a red flag proposal in Rhode Island, arguing alongside gun rights groups that constitutional protections could be violated if firearm restraining orders are issued too freely.
One of your earlier flag proposals played with the idea of keeping the blue background of the existing flag, but making the 12 stars more animated and asymmetrical -- almost cartoonlike.
"There will be a tremendous outcry against the racetrack coming here," said Madeline Jeffery, the president of the North Stonington Citizens Land Alliance, a group that fought the Six Flags proposal.
America is one of the few democracies seriously to debate a constitutional ban on desecrating the flag, a proposal that passed the House of Representatives, though not the Senate.To do serious damage to the Stars and Stripes is not, to be honest, on many Americans' agendas.
But Darrell Jackson, the Senate's leading black opponent of the flag, said the proposal, distasteful though it was to him, was the best compromise that could be struck.
Examples of the weather-vane behavior are her flag-burning amendment proposal, nuancing on abortion, photo ops with Senator Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich and more.
Mr. Fox also noted a factor that Downing Street aides played down in flagging Mr. Brown's proposal: the possibility of Britain's achieving significant defense savings.
