Sentence examples for idea was raised from inspiring English sources

That idea was raised unofficially by Mr. Kellogg's exasperated predecessors.

The idea was raised in Washington during the nineteen-nineties, but it never went anywhere, and that had fateful consequences.

The idea was raised by Sir Richard Lambert – a former head of the employers' body the CBI and a former editor of the Financial Times – as part of his consultation on creating a body to restore the industry's reputation.

"The idea was raised with us and I am not opposed to it, it has its merits but one of the problems we will look into is potentially how much it will cost – but we are not ruling it out," Christensen said.

The idea was raised again in 1815 and 1828, but no further action was taken.

(That figure is not actually being considered, but the idea was raised by Massachusetts officials and backed by big corporate and environmental interests).

Ideas are raised -- about changed lives, essential and nonessential compromises, how to be happy in an unhappy world.

To almost anyone who thinks seriously about agriculture, the House of Representatives is the place where truly bad ideas are raised to the level of doctrine.

But the night before, I had attended a meeting at the same vice-chancellor's university where these ideas were raised.

Acting State Department spokesman Mark Toner did not respond directly to the officials' statements but said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson aimed to foster an open climate where new ideas are raised and considered on their merits.

We report here on the issues discussed by the speakers, workshop participants, and working groups; many of these issues and ideas were raised and discussed without any formal process of consensus building and should therefore not be seen as being endorsed by all workshop participants.