Sentence examples for capping from inspiring English sources

More than 3in of rain fell over much of eastern Iowa and northern Illinois Monday night and Tuesday morning, and some areas got up to 5in of rain, National Weather Service meteorologist Mark Fuchs said, capping a week of downpours in the region.

Last year a poll on public attitudes towards the bankers showed 76% support for capping bonuses.

For the emerging economies this could mean nationwide energy intensity targets, or perhaps sectoral agreements capping emissions or adopting efficiency benchmarks in key sectors.

A doctor's group has warned that capping tax entitlements for public hospital staff would amount to a pay cut and would make staff think twice about taking jobs in the sector.

For ministers shuttling this week from one studio interview to the next, the decision to scrap child benefit altogether for households where at least one person is earning £60,000 or more whilst simultaneously capping benefit increases by 1% is a twin symbol of fair play.

Capping the investment bank at 30% of Barclays assets sounds like an excellent idea.

Capping redundancy entitlements – stalled The Coalition planned to cap work entitlements for workers employed by companies that go into receivership.

Like so many radical Green policies (I love its commitment to capping the pay of the highest earner in a company at 10 times the salary of the lowest earner), it hasn't a hope of ever reaching the statute book.

The proposals were drafted by officials last spring after the chancellor, George Osborne, challenged Labour to back a parliamentary bill capping the welfare spend every year for four years.

They say payday lenders are predatory, financially knee-capping their customers without providing a crutch.

The idea that the Democrats are somehow knee-capping themselves by pursuing the median voter, but would succeed brilliantly if only they would commit whole hog to the redistributive populism Mr Frank himself champions is similarly lacking.