Sentence examples for ceiling as an from inspiring English sources

Ask filled the ceiling as an open evening with twinkling stars, these bulbs are small, but is a big difference in providing a beautiful setting.

As the negotiations proceeded, many G.O.P.ers seized upon the imminent breaching of the debt ceiling as an opportunity that they could exploit.

But experts in government finance and markets described running up against the debt ceiling as an event that might quickly precipitate a financial crisis and eventually lead to a recession — an event with far greater disruptive potential than the "fiscal cliff" package of tax increases and spending cuts, a government shutdown or even the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

That the White House would choose not to keep the option of ignoring the debt ceiling as an arrow in its quiver is a curious strategic move.

Feeling they had finally hit a glass ceiling as an independent band, Perry said the Daddies were ultimately left with one of two options at this time: either sign to a label or break up.

Democrats, however, see the debt ceiling as an opportunity to extract concessions from Republicans on immigration and other issues in exchange for their votes, and under threat of a filibuster.

It may seek to embody those determinations in lawful specific regulations describing, for example, when labeling requirements serve as a ceiling as well as a floor.

Now the Bush administration argues that the agency's approval of a device "sets a ceiling as well as a floor".

The "mushroom" column is a further departure, since the unit can be extended into a covering slab and becomes a ceiling as well as a support.

It's L-shaped, with barely any windows and a ceiling as low as a brownstone basement's.

Mr. Parnass said he has designed a sleeping loft for an apartment with a ceiling as low as eight feet.