Sentence examples for proposition before from inspiring English sources

Alex Salmond and his side put a bold proposition before the electorate and campaigned for it with imagination and panache.

The audience votes on the proposition before the debate and after, using an electronic keypad attached to each chair, and one side is declared the winner.

His set-piece speeches include clunking attempts at triangulation; on issue after issue, he offers a right-wing proposition before nullifying it with a left-wing one.

Q: On the blog, a commenter wrote that you need to ensure you have a compelling value proposition before hiring a sales rep or sales manager.

According to the National Audit Office NAOO), the DfT admitted that Seaborne represented a "high-risk proposition" before the award was made.

Even the beautiful Necker Island in the Caribbean, bought as a personal holiday retreat, had to be a business proposition before he considered it properly.

In recent years, the proliferation of cheap cameras has combined with the advent of free online video hosting and widespread broadband access to make online video a far more effective proposition than before, both for attack and for defense.

The rock formations in Texas and North Dakota were thought to be largely fruitless propositions before contentious exploration methods involving horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing — the blasting of water, chemicals and sand through rock to free oil inside, known as fracking — gained momentum.

At the live final on Friday they were each given a few minutes to pitch in front of the judges, who quizzed them about their propositions, before deliberating about the winners.

We know that children acquire such propositions before they acquire the use of reason, while others who are reasonable never acquire them.

Zyman: It is a panacea … it utilizes existing assets to develop high-risk propositions before you see whether you can develop ways of activating better your existing business.