Sentence examples for proposals not to from inspiring English sources

The Bush campaign sought to link Mr. Kerry's proposals not to the booming Clinton era but to the failed programs of Jimmy Carter.

Now, in the midst of a flurry of tax proposals, not to mention the Republican gains in the midterm elections, legislators have only five weeks to act on the estate tax before the holiday recess.

He said he was particularly surprised that Gus O'Donnell (now Lord O'Donnell), the former cabinet secretary, had told him that the first duty of civil servants was to challenge ministers' proposals, not to implement them.

It is important for Saudi reconciliatory proposals not to be absent and for Riyadh itself not to be absent from making initiatives.

The agreement about which proposals to fund was lower than the agreement about which proposals not to fund.

But the way to bring reform into better proportion is to adjust the components of this proposal, not to fundamentally remodel it.

"Skyscrapers Grow in Brooklyn" condescendingly admonishes those in opposition to the Forest City Ratner proposal not to object just because "Brooklyn has never before seen anything that big".

Many municipal labor leaders were already fuming over Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's proposal not to have across-the-board wage increases for city employees.

In an economy addicted to black gold, people were baffled by this proposal not to drill for the 850m barrels of heavy oil – 20% of Ecuador's reserves – in Yasuní national park.

He said he supported the government's proposal not to deal with a current influx of immigrants, but "for the possibility of what could happen in the next six months, six years, or 16 years".

Fry says he never saw a copy of the so-called Project Silver document, which set out options for making Byford redundant including a proposal not to make him redundant at all.