Sentence examples for proposal amounts from inspiring English sources

The proposal amounts to a package of reciprocal measures.

Many voters also believe the Obama health care proposal amounts to a massive government takeover.

"This proposal amounts to a discriminatory tax on millions of licence fee-paying viewers to watch public service content that is supposed to be free.

Gov. George E. Pataki's proposal amounts to a savings of less than 1percentt in a Medicaid budget that exceeds $44 billion.

Titled the Uniform Bulk Program, the proposal amounts to the architectural manifesto of the Giuliani administration -- a major statement on the most famous skyline in the universe.

Based on last season's $3.3 billion in revenues, that proposal amounts to a transfer of $425 million transfer to the owners from the players.

Two credit-rating agencies said that the proposal amounted to a selective default.

For Ms. Feldman, the church's proposal amounted to a repudiation of the concept of partnership.

Christine Blower of the National Union of Teachers said that the proposal amounted to "an unmanageable level of change which could lead to a collapse of the whole system".

Although Stern said the figure could rise, based on certain benchmarks, Hunter said the proposal amounted to a 10-year salary freeze.

The airline said the union's pay proposal amounted to an immediate 114percentt raise, lifting the average mechanic's wages to $56.30 an hour, or $117,000 a year.