Sentence examples for were floated for a from inspiring English sources

Plans were floated for a summer barbecue.

His name had been floated for a Nobel Prize nomination.

This is not the first time that a US-related name has been floated for a place in Slovakia.

After the election, her name was floated for a variety of possible jobs, including secretary of labor, agriculture or education.

And now her name has been floated for a run for the U.S. Senate in 2014, when her home state of Montana will have a vacancy.

The inquiry of Mr. Richardson, Mr. Clinton's energy secretary and United Nations ambassador, is over and his name is being floated for a job in a second Obama term.

Newt Gingrich, one of his most visible backers, whose name has been floated for a Cabinet position, has called for a new version of the House Un-American ActovitargetoMuslims to target Muslims.

To many of his supporters it comes as no surprise that since then, Perez's name has been floated for a number of other posts.

For two decades, local politicians have been trying to get the aging bridge repaired or replaced, and numerous options have been floated for a project that would cost billions of dollars.

He claimed the use of force was justified by recent United Nations Security Council resolutions demanding the protection of civilians — a quick implementation of an idea, "the right to protect," that has been floated for a decade.

One signatory who did not want to be named also wrote: Actually I've gone off the whole idea of a mining tax since the original idea was floated for a number of reasons: 1.