Sentence examples for ceiling on payments from inspiring English sources

At the very least, there is a strong case for putting a ceiling on payments made to individual big farmers.

Beginning with a decree in 1984 that imposed a ceiling on payments, the scala mobile was gradually dismantled (and abolished in 1992) under pressure from the employers' association, the Confederation of Industries (Confindustria).

And it will call for a ceiling on payments, reducing those given to such big landowners as the queen of England, in a move opposed by Britain and Germany, two nations that would lose most from such a move.

President Bush had sought to place a ceiling on payments to any farmer of $200,000 per year, but the Democratic leaders have set it at $1 million $2 millionn for a couple).

For example, they would no longer be able to withhold coverage for pre-existing conditions, or set a ceiling on payments.Since health spending consumes 16% of America's GDP, change on this scale would amount to one of the biggest pieces of social legislation ever enacted by the federal government.

The financial framework sets the maximum amount of commitment appropriations in the EU budget each year for broad policy areas ("headings") and fixes an overall annual ceiling on payment and commitment appropriations.

She called on Congress to formally lift its 25percentt ceiling on United Nations payments, a restriction introduced by Senator Nancy Kassebaum in 1994.

Before approving the bill, the House accepted, on a voice vote, an amendment that puts a $250,000 ceiling on Federal payments to individual farmers.

"The UK government chooses not to apply a ceiling in England," the commission said, adding that repeated proposals for more radical reform – including a compulsory ceiling on basic payments to large landowners – have "consistently been watered down by national ministers".

The ceiling on state payments to accommodate children is far higher than that for adults, attracting private investment into a lucrative area with profits three times higher than the average for stock market-listed companies.

There must be a maximum ceiling to additional charges To protect the chronically or catastrophically ill, the government must set a maximum ceiling on the payments that any individual should make in any twelve-month period - such as the 2% of income maximum introduced in Germany.