Collocations withproposal
These are words often used in combination withproposal.
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alternative proposal
Any alternative proposal must profit from their insights while exploring how an analysis of irony might be illuminated by work in other domains.
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ambitious proposal
This was an ambitious proposal for the time.
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balanced proposal
It is a balanced proposal that is consistent with industrial constraints and with the requirements of users.
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bold proposal
That, of course, is a very bold proposal.
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budget proposal
In many respects, it is much more perfunctory than the one involved in the deliberation of the budget proposal that occurs near the end of each fiscal year.
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compromise proposal
Also, the compromise proposal intended to ensure that at least 50% of rich countries' agricultural and food imports come from the poorest countries.
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concrete proposal
However, there is no concrete proposal in the present paper that shows how this might be done.
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constructive proposal
The case for this hypothesis must consist, at least in part, of a constructive proposal as to what feature or features of natural language allows this integration to take place.
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controversial proposal
This controversial proposal is linked to the equally controversial idea that the axial stability of a planet also enhances habitability.
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current proposal
Even if the current proposal does not work, we cannot conclude that the whole idea of functional space as such has no explanatory power.
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detailed proposal
A fourteen-member committee of prominent ulema indeed prepared a detailed proposal for changes in this vein in 1873.
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far-reaching proposal
He is here making a somewhat far-reaching proposal.
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formal proposal
I shall be informed of the industry's views once a formal proposal is made.
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grant proposal
In academic circles, named genres would include the grant proposal, the book review, the abstract, or the research article.
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initial proposal
Surely not if you think even the initial proposal isn't wrongful.
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legislative proposal
In a legislative proposal from 1999 all municipalities were urged to voluntarily introduce a childcare guarantee for all children from the age of six months.
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merger proposal
Generally speaking, one side in a merger proposal thinks that it is in the interests of both parties to merge.
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modest proposal
Even this modest proposal led to minimal results, if any.
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original proposal
The ministry is then required to collect and deliberate on these opinions and, if necessary, to revise the original proposal accordingly.
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peace proposal
Why did he use his 15 block votes against a peace proposal supported by 19 of the 24 elected representatives?
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policy proposal
Sometimes it is enough to have two or three member states wishing to have a certain policy proposal initiated.
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radical proposal
This radical proposal was buttressed by two further factors.
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revised proposal
After this failure, it took another eight years, until 1992, before the political authorities succeeded with a revised proposal for a data protection law.
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specific proposal
It is the language teacher himself who must validate or refute any specific proposal.
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statutory proposal
To reiterate, under the statutory proposal procedure, parents will be able to make their views clearly heard—through consultation.
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substantive proposal
I will consider a substantive proposal for broadening the class of potential selectors and an idea about how to implement the selection mechanism.
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various proposals
This in turn led to various proposal throughout the 1990s to sell the airspace and redevelop the interchange.
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