Sentence examples for by setting a ceiling of from inspiring English sources
It began by setting a ceiling of 30 caballerías (one caballería = 33 acres, or 13.4 hectares) on individual holdings, with a maximum of 100 caballerías if economic operations required such a scale.
Our simple solution was to incorporate that objective into the algorithm by setting a ceiling on the number of inspections within each area.
Though the other companies said they were also pushing the government for permission to publish more detailed data, they said the aggregate numbers were useful to control speculation by setting a ceiling on the number of requests.
Switzerland's central bank surprised markets by setting a ceiling for the Swiss currency of SFr1.20 against the euro in an attempt to keep it down.
The New Start treaty signed by Mr. Obama and Russia and approved by the Senate in 2010 set a ceiling of 1,550 deployed warheads for each country but administration officials now argue that nothing prevents the president from cutting further on his own authority as commander in chief.
The Cincinnati ordinance, challenged in court by a Republican City Council member who had spent more than the law allowed, set a ceiling of $140,000 on spending by a council candidate.
