proposed legislation

collocation in English

meaningsofproposedandlegislation

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proposed
adjective
uk
/prəˈpəʊzd/us
/prəˈpoʊzd/
suggested as a possible plan or action for people ...
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legislation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌledʒ.ɪˈsleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌledʒ.əˈsleɪ.ʃən/
a law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by ...
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(Definition ofproposedandlegislationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofproposed legislation

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A consultation of contemporary newspapers might have helped flesh out the debates onproposedlegislation, as well.
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These calls eventually led to significant changes in theproposedlegislation.
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An examination of the witnesses who appeared before the select committee appointed to assess the merits of the bill identifies the constituencies most interested in theproposedlegislation.
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Similar issues arise with them but with theproposedlegislationthere seems to be no focus on their quality of care and treatment.
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The member states have several ways of expressing their opposition toproposedlegislation.
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The clear focus of recentlyproposedlegislationhas been patients' "rights" to sue their managed care organizations.
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What changed was not voting patterns but the content of theproposedlegislation.
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In both cases the authors of theproposedlegislationcould be regarded as being towards the fringes of the two-party system.
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In the end, interest groups successfully lobbied parliament which significantly altered theproposedlegislation.
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Bodkin supported theproposedlegislationprecisely to put a stop to this ' lamentable ' situation.
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The primary issue that splits opponents of theproposedlegislationfrom its supporters is the tension between the "reproductive" and "therapeutic" potential of cell nucleus transfer capabilities.
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This may lead to potential biases, given that public support for a particular bill does not immediately indicate that the president is committed to theproposedlegislation(strategic position taking).
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On that basis, will he now do the correct thing for the good of the economy of the country and depart from hisproposedlegislation?
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We want to know what he proposes to do about the vires of hisproposedlegislation.
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But why has he not been much more positive in hisproposedlegislation?
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Is he aware that there might be some prolonged strikes as a direct result of hisproposedlegislation?
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I am unconvinced as to why there is noproposedlegislationfor those specific offences.
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Theproposedlegislationgives us an opportunity to make very necessary improvements on this front.
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