proposed law
collocation in Englishmeaningsofproposedandlaw
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proposed
adjective
uk/prəˈpəʊzd/us/prəˈpoʊzd/
suggested as a possible plan or action for people ...
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law
noun
uk/lɔː/us/lɑː/
a rule, usually made by a government, that is used to order the way in which a ...
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(Definition ofproposedandlawfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofproposed law
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The private sector, particularly the banking and insurance industries, fiercely opposed theproposedlaw.
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The introduction of individualized heating bills, finally, had been part of theproposedlawon energy.
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Is theproposedlaweasy to interpret?
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Is theproposedlawlikely to hit its target?
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There must, first, be widespread consent to theproposedlaw.
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We are not talking here about aproposedlaw.
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Theproposedlawwould allow such people to ignore community sanctions and have what they describe as a 'mock marriage' with a certificate to prove it.
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Although theproposedlawallows competent patients to refuse food and fluids, it prevents surrogate decisionmakers from exercising the same right on behalf of incompetent patients.
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Theproposedlawspecified that activities of the corps could include: overseeing cease-fire agreements, monitoring elections, medical activities, disaster relief measures, transportation, telecommunications, and other logistical support.
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Moreover, theproposedlawseems to me to suffer from the same defect.
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Theproposedlawwould contain an increase in penalty from £2,000 to £20,000.
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I am not sure whether self-employment is covered by the current or theproposedlaw.
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Such bodies can conduct campaigns that could be very damaging to theproposedlaw.
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We have no evidence to suggest that thisproposedlawis necessary in order to meet that criterion.
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The evidence in the report shows that much of theproposedlawis of a very innovative nature.
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Do you approve theproposedlaw?
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Quite simply, thisproposedlawcan not be justified.
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Many aspects of theproposedlawrun counter to this principle: the first concerns the time when this law would come into force.
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There is one enormous difference, and it is fundamental, between ourproposedlawand the sort of law which she was proposing last year.
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It seems that a strong parallel can be drawn between the existing law of interdict and theproposedlawon restraint orders.
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The committee also voted to lower the threshold of petrol sales in order to bring many more garages into the scope of theproposedlaw.
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In our view, the futureproposedlawshould instead be based upon quotas and guaranteed prices, linked to real national production quotas.
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Is there any way in which that aspect of the matter can be looked into sooner than theproposedlawchanges?
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What he is giving it to has to be spread not merely between theproposedlawcentres but also in extending the financial limits.
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The position about the 300-day rule is that this is a new provision suggested in aproposedlawwhich has not yet been promulgated.
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