Sentence examples for a firm ceiling from inspiring English sources
Unless Germany imposed a firm ceiling on the number of immigrants it was willing to take in, a "suction effect" would continue to draw masses to Europe.
Teams whose payrolls exceed a given threshold would be subject to a punitive tax and prevented from taking advantage of most exceptions to the cap, making it all but equivalent to a firm ceiling.
There is a firm ceiling on the number of people who can come here and contribute, regardless of what industry says; on the number of us who can have a wife or a grandmother living in the same country.
The much hyped "AME [Annually Managed Expenditure] cap" sounds more like an aspiration for limiting welfare spending rather than any sort of firm ceiling.
Unless the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission "puts a firm cost-based ceiling on prices," he said, "we are in imminent danger of these prices going through the ceiling".
Mr Lyons says gold should be treated as a basic commodity just like food or oil and, just like other commodities, it has a firm floor and a soft ceiling.
In response to Mr. Kurzban, I believe that the president could have taken a firm stand in the recent debt-ceiling debate by threatening to unilaterally raise the ceiling, while inviting compromise.
Negotiations between Democrats and Republicans to raise the nation's debt ceiling saw more twists and turns as a firm deadline to raise the deficit limit looms.
Make sure you or an assistant has a firm grip on the fixture before you detach it from the ceiling.
Collins & Turner Architects, a firm in Sydney, Australia, offered an elegant block of floor-to-ceiling glass that recalls the Eames Case Study House from 1949.
