Sentence examples for three main planks from inspiring English sources

There are three main planks in my platform.

The plan agreed to by European leaders in Brussels early Thursday, the subject of weeks of contentious bargaining, has three main planks: an effort to recapitalize weak euro-zone banks, an increase in the size and scope of Europe's main rescue fund, and a proposal that banks take a 50 percent write-down on their Greek bonds.

Labour made "controls on immigration" on of its five main planks at the election.

When I attempt to develop a new approach for a country, I consider five main "planks" in the initiative: security sector reform, public education, business community and job development, youth justice capacities, and risk protective factors in the area.

Under Nice, Poland and Spain each get almost as many votes as Germany, despite their populations being only half as big.Junking the double majority system would get rid of one main plank of the convention's proposals for the EU's institutions.

She also repeated the two other main planks of the McCain energy platform: a major expansion in the use of nuclear energy and a major program to develop "clean coal" technology.

But wouldn't it rob the Republicans of one of their main planks in the election campaign, one which really motivates their supporters?

This is highlighted in one of the main planks of the agreement, the use of aircraft carrier, under which the lone carrier of one navy will cover for the other during refit.

The Socialists made "regionalisation" one of the main planks of the campaign that led to their general election victory in 1995.

Michael Gove, the erudite shadow education spokesman, whose school-reform programme is set to be one of the main planks of the Tory manifesto, was also persuasive.

This critique came with a promise to make a priority of crafting a "very detailed" plan for a new-look regulatory architecture.A shake-up of the SEC is sure to be one of its main planks.