ðeɪ pɹədˈuːst ɐ pɹəpˈoʊzəl fɚɹə kˈɑːmplᵻkˌeɪɾᵻd ɹˈændəmˌaɪzd kəntɹˈoʊld tɹˈaɪəl ʌv dˈɪfɹənt fˈʌndɪŋ fˈɔːɹmjʊlˌiː, bˌʌt ðə mˈɪnɪstɚ, dˈeɪvɪd ˈoʊɪn, ɹᵻdʒˈɛktᵻd ɪɾ æz ˈɪntɹɛstɪŋ bˌʌt pəlˈɪɾɪkli ɪmpˈɑːsᵻbəl.
They produced a proposal for a complicated randomised controlled trial of different funding formulae, but the Minister, David Owen, rejected it as interesting but politically impossible.