Sentence examples for were floated for from inspiring English sources

Proposals were floated for MOCA to merge or form a partnership with LACMA or the University of Southern California, but the threat of such dire measures quickly receded.

As for the Magnox nuclear power stations and reprocessing facilities at Sellafield, I would have more confidence in that £11bn if the company and its nuclear liabilities were floated for that price on the stock market.

So when I became an MP, and plans were floated for cutbacks in maternity services, I was delighted that David Cameron put the defence of those acute services at the heart of our health policy.

ROMANTIC NOTIONS During the decades of disuse, multiple plans were floated for the 200,000-square-foot building — low-income housing, a mini-storage complex, a drug rehabilitation center.

Beads of all batches were floated for >24 h with a maximum lag time of 46.3 ± 3.2 s.

Plans were floated for a summer barbecue.

Witty felt as if she were floating for 1,000 meters, unfettered by fatigue and doubt, propelled by a burst of will.

His name had been floated for a Nobel Prize nomination.

The idea was floated for an international meeting to be held every few years.

Dr. Tisch's name has been floated for weeks by some business leaders.

Proposals have been floated for requirements of 10 percent or as much as 20 percent.