Sentence examples for proposing themselves from inspiring English sources

As a feminist, I think that if women want to micromanage things, they should jolly well do the proposing themselves, obviously.

President Obama's powerful speech on the budget alternated between urging members of both parties to work together - citing bipartisan support for the principles and programs he outlined - and making it clear that he recognized that some Republicans will block any proposal he makes - even those they had once proposed themselves.

"These things just propose themselves," says Jebb of her current subject.

Three of its leaders Dr Ibrahim al-Jaafari of the Dawa party, Adel Abd al-Mahdi of the more Islamist-minded Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, and Ahmed Chalabi of the Iraqi National Conference have all proposed themselves as prime minister, while one of the Kurds' two main leaders, Jalal Talabani, has his eye on a top job too: president, prime minister or parliament's speaker.

Candidates can propose themselves or may be nominated by others.

In Rome, there were 10,000 potential candidates; 200 proposed themselves as candidates.

But how does the free schools programme now stay in the hands of parents and teachers - what's to stop private firms proposing schools themselves, using a group of parents as a front?

BRUSSELS — Often attacked as out of touch with the concerns of ordinary people, the European Union took a major step at the start of this month to try to narrow its so-called democratic deficit by giving citizens a shot at proposing laws themselves.

Says Who?," by Marek Fuchs (County Lines column, Dec. 25), discussed the salary increases the members of the Westchester County Board of Legislators have proposed for themselves.

Labour believes that rail firms can afford to fund the proposed scheme themselves because they made more than £300m in profit in 2011 – 12. "It is right that a small proportion of these profits are used to support those who serve in the name of national security," the party said.

which so few ever propose to themselves 'till their best years are gone by".