Sentence examples for proposed close to from inspiring English sources

The government proposed close to $1 million in fines against Alaska Airlines today, charging maintenance violations.

In rural south Dorset, three quarry sites have been proposed close to the grave of T E Lawrence, the man immortalised as Lawrence of Arabia.

Rapid population growth in Western Australia has resulted in increased development of land for residential housing, and new developments are often proposed close to water because of intrinsic aesthetic values.

In fact, there's something obscene about a millionaires' club like the Senate proposing close to a trillion dollars in tax cuts for the rich while the country is already cutting social programs, running up huge budget deficits and fighting a war in the Middle East.

The U.S. rules that govern fuel economy may be in for the most sweeping changes in nearly 30 years, as regulators Monday proposed closing loopholes to force automakers to raise the gas mileage on sport utility vehicles and trucks.

Early this year, Mr. Donahoe proposed closing up to 3,700 post offices, slashing the number of sorting facilities to 200 from 500 and trimming the agency's work force by 220,000 people, 120,000 of them by layoffs.

The then-governor upheld that unpopular decision, but when, in 2015, the state proposed closing 90 schools to save money, some 200 sit-ins forced the government to backtrack.

A Bayside business group proposed closing the boulevard in May to hold what it calls a "Family Appreciation Day".

Dennis Nealon, a spokesman for the university, said it would have no comment on any legal questions related to the proposed closing and the sale of the art.

Last year when the agency proposed closing 3,700 rural post offices to save about $500 million a year, members of Congress from small, rural communities defeated the plan.

This proposed closed-form method is referred to as the ATWLS method.