Sentence examples for ceiling approach from inspiring English sources

The 'break the glass ceiling' approach that simply promotes women in the boardroom has not been as successful in changing family-friendly working culture or providing opportunities for other women to advance.

When Germany used the budget ceiling approach, for example, excessive increases in physicians' services did lead to a proportionate reduction in the level of fees [ 9].

THE Taxpayer Protection Pledge has received increased attention as the Aug. 2 deadline for raising the debt ceiling approaches.

With luck, signs of a weaker housing market will concentrate minds in Washington, DC as the next decision over the debt ceiling approaches.

Government funding levels — a mixture of spending, borrowing and tax revenue — are becoming increasingly volatile as the deadline over the debt ceiling approaches, making it harder for officials to predict cash levels.

With a steady drumbeat of hand-wringing filling the newpapers as the deadline for raising the debt ceiling approaches, you read of the confusion that floods Rome in the wake of Caesar's death with a sting of dismay.

Obama was adamant that any discussion on the budget would be contingent upon fully reopening the government, and he maintained that stance as the October 17 deadline for extending the national debt ceiling approached and with it the threat of default.

With the 17 October deadline for raising the debt ceiling approaching, however, the international view has changed to fear and anger.

WASHINGTON -- As the deadline for the government to raise the debt ceiling approaches, it's becoming increasingly evident that the Republicans feel emboldened to draw lines in the sand while the Democrats have yet to find an end point to the compromises they are willing to make.

The Democratic strategy appears to be to pass such a bill in the Senate then hope that pressure from financial markets and negative polls will force the Republican-controlled House to follow suit next week as the deadline to raise the ceiling approaches.

There are weight-sensitive floorboards, which necessitated the classic dangling-by-ropes-from-the-ceiling approach to grand larceny that was used in "Topkapi".