Sentence examples for turn the proposal from inspiring English sources

A day after Vice President Al Gore called for tapping federal oil reserves, Gov. George W. Bush sought to turn the proposal into a test of character.

While top Republicans insisted that they remained committed to the Medicare initiative, which had become the target of intense attacks by Democrats and liberal groups in recent weeks, the lawmaker who would have to turn the proposal into legislation said he had no plans to do so any time soon.

Brain a shy, reserved man took a month to reply, only to turn the proposal down.

For example, Timmermans said that to turn the proposals into a new system "we are going to have to revisit Dublin III.

However, with an election looming (in which one million people with learning disabilities are eligible to vote), there is no guarantee that the new government (regardless of the outcome) would actually turn the proposals into law.

One body with much experience of the vagaries of the extradition laws is Fair Trials International (FTI), whose chief executive, Jago Russell, suggests quite rightly that parliament will have its work cut out to turn the proposals into the meaningful reforms so urgently needed.

In a stance that advocates of the pathway label "provincial elitism," those living near the riverbank here have turned the proposal into a campaign issue.

Even though the idea is still in the planning phase, XFL officials believe it may be only a matter of months before the league turns the proposal into reality.

But some Germans are highly sensitive about giving up authority over their large public banking system, which is partly controlled by states, districts and cities, and that has cast some doubts over the goal of turning the proposal into European law by the year's end.

In the same interview, Abbas admitted that the previous Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, offered him 97% of the West Bank, a recognition of the right of return and the actual resettlement of thousands of Palestinian refugees inside Israel, yet he still turned the proposal down.

The commission must now consider turning the proposal into legislation; it has until early June to respond.