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The phrase "a lower ceiling to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a limitation or restriction in a particular context, often in discussions about potential, growth, or capacity.
Example: "The new regulations impose a lower ceiling to the amount of funding that can be allocated for community projects."
Alternatives: "a reduced limit on" or "a diminished cap on".
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Thursday's set might have been powerful in a smaller club, with a lower ceiling to compress the psychodrama: this is a band whose intellectual ambitions aren't on the same scale as the group's sound.
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However, if you wish to remain a scientist and not move into management, there may be a lower ceiling with regard to advancement.
Nearly 200 nations adopted the Paris agreement in 2015, which sets the goal of limiting warming to a level "well below" 2C, while "pursuing efforts" to achieve a lower ceiling of 1.5C.
Rookie point guard Collin Sexton, meanwhile, is thought by several scouts to have a lower ceiling than prospects such as Kevin Knox and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, both of whom were taken after him in June's draft.
Swaggerty is thought to have a lower ceiling but higher floor than Murray.
The state must insist on higher contributions by all its workers to pensions and health insurance, a lower ceiling on the amount of overtime counted in pension calculations and wage increases in line with those in the economy at large.
The SF-6D may be a superior to the EQ-5D, with a lower ceiling effect and greater sensitivity.
However, the 5L is more promising compared to the 3L in terms of a lower ceiling, more discriminatory power, and higher preference by the respondents.
For the sauna room, we constructed seven-foot ceilings: a lower ceiling would be claustrophobic, but one too high makes it hard to indulge in the bone-massaging heat that hangs out at the top.
He may have a lower ceiling in terms of his potential support, but committed followers count for a lot when it comes to getting people out on a cold winter night.
The Miz is too tenured to get permanently lost in the shuffle on Raw, but there will definitely be a lower ceiling.
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