1.   The proposals also aim to overcome the present problems relating to the independence, accountability and legal liability of external auditors.

2.   Banks had risen on government proposals aimed at stabilizing the financial sector.

3.   Finally, his proposal aims to curb the fund-raising hustle that has overtaken recent legislative sessions.

4.   That emphasis echoes some federal welfare reform proposals aimed at establishing paternity and extracting child support for out-of-wedlock births.

5.   The Democrats, trying to blunt furious tax cutting by Republicans, are flocking to limited tax proposals aimed at promoting individual saving.

6.   The Nordiques, meanwhile, face a deadline today to decide whether they will accept a government proposal aimed at keeping the team in the provincial capital.

7.   The proposals also aim at an increased transparency of German business.

8.   The proposal aims to expand the influence of fast-growing Rocky Mountain states that have long been overshadowed by California, which would not be invited to join.

9.   The U.S. will offer a new proposal aimed at encouraging governments to provide investors with more complete and timely economic information, he said.

10.   To put a stop to this, the proposal aims to create fees based on the cost of completing the call.