Sentence examples for curb top from inspiring English sources

The United Kingdom increased its top income tax rate from 40%to50%0% in 2010, in part to curb top pay excesses.

That sounds cheering, except that voters watching at home may recall that the government seems unable to curb top pay at the banks it partly owns, despite public nagging from the chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne.

But even as it curbs the top end of the property market, the government is urging local authorities to build affordable housing.

Clark did say the government could insist on curbs for top executive pay in return for pro-business policies, saying: "Part of this agreement we need to have is that we need a much more rigorous approach to executive pay".

Reports suggest that tens of thousands of Square Mile jobs could disappear if passporting rights – a mechanism enabling London companies to operate freely across the EU nations – are lost under the Brexit terms, an outcome thought increasingly likely as the prime minister makes immigration curbs her top priority.

Top tip? Curb the cussing!

The Konya Light Rail makes a curb right on top of the underpass, which generates considerable amount of noise and vibration to the environment.

A Harvard Business School study of the initiative found this year that it failed to curb pay among top executives at companies but succeeded at pressuring companies to scale back severance packages for executives whose companies fared poorly, according to Fabrizio Ferri, the professor who conducted the study.

I had a very encouraging experience Tuesday morning on a conference call with student reporters from colleges around the country to announce mtvU s new "Curb Global Warming Sweepstakes". The top prize is my husband Larry's beloved Toyota Prius -- a giveaway designed to motivate students to join the Stop Global Warming Virtual March on Washington.

In a major new effort to curb smoking, a top U.S. health official pledged Thursday to try to ban menthol from regular cigarettes, outlaw flavors in all cigars and tighten rules regarding the sale of most flavored versions of electronic cigarettes.

The salience of immigration is reinforced by a separate question in which "curbing immigration" comes top of varied populist policies as the "single action politicians could take to bolster your faith in politics", with 26% picking that priority, as against 19% who prefer tax cuts and 15% who prioritise a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU.