Sentence examples for proposal to name from inspiring English sources

The agency climbed down from the proposal to name the firms after pressure from other government departments.

By a narrow majority, the city council rejected a proposal to name a square or street "Robespierre".

Rep. Neal Hanlon, a Republican of Naugatuck, called the proposal to name a state song "a frivolous piece of legislation".

[NY1] A proposal to name a Brooklyn street for Christopher Wallace, the slain rapper better known as Notorious B.I.G., is meeting resistance.

The state cabinet approved a proposal to name the museum after King Shivaji, who posed a serious challenge to Mughal rulers.

His novels are still widely read and assigned in schools, but as late as 2001 political opposition doomed a proposal to name an Oslo street after him.

Else they are shamelessly populist, such as the proposals to name a clutch of streets after the Leicester City players who won the Premier League (following in the footsteps of Gary Lineker, who was honoured with a Lineker Road near the King Power stadium).

Among the party's plans are proposals to name streets after those killed in action, new legal entitlements to "in-service education" and personalised health support for those with life-changing injuries.

There were proposals to name the F4H "Satan" and "Mithras", the Persian god of light.

Liz Stanton (NYT) ILLINOIS: PUTTING RICHARD PRYOR ON THE MAP -- The Peoria City Council will revisit a proposal this week to name a street after the comedian Richard Pryor, a native who has never been honored in his hometown.

Proposals were to name a single lead agency and designate a broadly representative advisory board of state and local stakeholders.