Sentence examples for by setting a minimum from inspiring English sources

The cartel, known as the Northeast Dairy Compact, has increased consumer milk prices in New England by setting a minimum milk price that farmers charge dairy processors.

The second could be met by setting a minimum level of EU-financed income support, but letting members top it up if they chose.

"The government is determined to crack down on rogue landlords … The proposals intend to make it easier for local authorities to raise standards in houses used as shared homes by setting a minimum size of rooms in line with existing overcrowding standards".

An early proposal tried to encourage the use of hybrid cars by setting a minimum fuel efficiency standard of 25 miles a gallon for taxis, far higher than the 16 miles a gallon achieved by the current workhorse of the taxi fleet, the Ford Crown Victoria.

It added: "In view of the importance of the United Kingdom market for Italian wine products, great concern is caused by setting a minimum price".

Last year the Home Office dropped a proposal to follow Scotland's lead by setting a minimum price per unit of alcohol.

The author of [19] additionally considers the minimum data rate as fairness constraint by setting a predefined minimum number of assigned subcarriers to each user.

By setting a national minimum level of eligibility, it will end the postcode lottery of social care provision that exists today.

The Compulsory Education Law regulates the timing of school entry by setting a legal minimum age at which children can begin school and an enrollment cutoff date.

There are recent encouraging examples of executives taking action; Mark Bertolini gained the attention of the press by setting a higher minimum wage at Aetna, following companies like Costco who have benefited from enlightened pay practices for decades.

They successfully pressured the White House to institute two executive actions that were signed by the president earlier this year -- one setting a minimum wage of $10.10 for federal contractors, and another that would effectively bar firms that have committed wage theft against their workers from receiving federal contracts.