Sentence examples for proposal like a from inspiring English sources
Mr. Icahn and company may be able to scuttle the buyout, but that doesn't translate into the power to force Dell's board to accept an alternate proposal, like a recent one to buy back 1.1 billion shares at $14 each, while offering shareholders warrants to buy shares at $20 apiece.
A statement released by Mr. Khodorkovsky's lawyer, Anton V. Drel, did not give details of the proposal, like a timetable for the offer or whether it involved some sort of payment schedule with the Russian tax authorities, which continued their pressure on the company.
But Representative Edward J. Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat who proposed much more ambitious standards, said lack of technology was no bar when Congress faced proposals like a ballistic missile defense.
But some of the candidate's bolder proposals, like a global warming bill, may have to wait for the economy to recover, according to analysts and energy experts.
Other proposals, like a request to cut federal payments to teaching hospitals, are hidden or obfuscated in the narrative part of the budget.
Her immediate proposals, like a new crime of police corruption, may be partly window dressing, but much tighter control of undercover operations is clearly essential.
They also seem to have persuaded Mr. Obama, who earlier had resisted gimmicky proposals like a gas tax holiday, to strike back.
As for the newly formed bourbon caucus, its 17 members plan to advocate for the bourbon industry by fighting proposals like a tax increase on liquor.
Both contained policies that appear designed to be dumped, diluted or traded away during such talks, as the Tories did with a number of their half-baked proposals (like a pricey inheritance-tax cut) in 2010.
Some proposals, like a new European bond with fiscal conditions or the establishment of a European version of the International Monetary Fund with resources to help troubled countries, are considered more grandiose at the moment than practical.
If he is unable to make such cuts, how will be pay for his other proposals — like a $1.4 billion reduction in the property taxes that support Florida's schools?
