Sentence examples similar to float a proposition from inspiring English sources

After all, in the last two years, Board members have passed laws banning plastic bags at supermarkets and plastic foam containers at food outlets, proposed an ordinance to fine office buildings that left lights on overnight, and yes, floated a proposition to make any lobbyist wear a name tag when doing business at City Hall.

Mr. Willis floats an intriguing sexual proposition that the other two appear, for a moment, to consider in earnest.

Mr. Iverson first floated that proposition in a post on his blog that also included this one: "For those who believe jazz drumming is bound by certain parameters, Motian was the ultimate enigma, perhaps even an insult".

Although little noted in the midst of the uproar at the time, Ms. Golden herself held the term "post-black" at a critical distance, floating it out as a proposition rather than advancing it as a polemic.

Pundits of all sorts have been floating that proposition, but it makes a hash of history.

This means two things: that there is an iPhone prototype floating around (a highly dubious proposition considering that they would not have "mailed" any prototypes to Foxconn nor does Foxconn particularly need prototypes from Cupertino – they only need plans and someone from Apple to supervise the manufacture) and that the CE industry is built on false promises and exploitation.

"The floating cinema crated in a canal boat is simultaneously a social idea internally, and a proposition about animating public space," they said.

A proposition: Humanity implies complexity.

Here's a proposition for you.

Note that a proposition has an object.

Float a battleship in it?