Sentence examples for odd proposal from inspiring English sources

On its face, it's an odd proposal: to address a labor shortage by increasing demand.

Mr Barnier likes to hold up a chart tracking his 20-odd proposals as they change from green (forthcoming rules) to orange (under negotiation) and mauve (adopted).The spreadsheet highlights the differences with the parallel regulatory process across the Atlantic.

Ms. Gash called that proposal odd.

Ron blasts those who complain about cities having too much influence nationally since what they mean is population centers -- and it's odd that this proposal has arisen after Obama got elected twice and Republicans had lost five of six national presidential votes.

But even this proposal seems odd, given what Republicans say they believe about taxes.

Even more intriguingly, there are proposals that odd, stable combinations of strongly-interacting matter may even be good candidates for "Dark Matter".

That may seem an odd question, given that the proposal is seen widely as serving two Chinese purposes.

On the back of the current turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East, the timing of the World Bank proposal is also odd, considering the vulnerability of authoritarian and self-serving sub-Saharan governments (not even counting Zimbabwe and Ivory Coast).

I'd add that this is an odd time to make such a proposal.

A decade ago, such a proposal would have seemed odd, simply because those obligations already existed for market makers and specialists.

But instead of declaring victory, Senate Republicans now claim to be outraged that Sanders withdrew his proposal -- an especially odd response considering the Republican demonization of government-run health care.