Sentence examples for establishing a minimum from inspiring English sources

They proposed establishing a minimum altitude of 2,500 feet and lower speed limits.

For example, buying put options on stocks you own limits your risk by establishing a minimum selling, or floor, price for the shares.

The certainty that comes with establishing a minimum staff ratio is appealing; it's simple to ascertain compliance and therefore easy to hold providers to account.

It is that many Tea Party activists believe that laws establishing a minimum wage or the federal safety net are an improper expansion of federal power.

By establishing a minimum standard of affordability, capping annual tuition increases and taking new initiatives to control costs, we can begin to restore affordability to New Jersey's public higher education system.

"Years ago, at the high point of the debate over affirmative action," Carter said, "a professor at Harvard suggested establishing a minimum cutoff for grades and L.S.A.T. scores, and then pulling out students at random.

Ms. Sebelius may establish a minimum set of benefits.

"We are going to establish a minimum passing score for the test," Mr. Davies said.

In 1938 the Fair Labor Standards Act established a minimum wage and a maximum work week.

Minimum pricing policies establish a minimum price below which a unit of alcohol cannot legally be sold to consumers.

His advisers say his plan also would require federal regulators to establish a minimum drug benefit package for the program.