Sentence examples for of the floodgates from inspiring English sources
The sound of accusations flying in Rotherham could just be the sound of the floodgates opening.
"Yes, there's the potential of an opening of the floodgates in terms of impulse buying.
In August this year, a test-run of the floodgates was a fiasco.
For Crump and Krone, there were notable personal accomplishments, but they never did lead to the opening of the floodgates.
What we are seeing now is a systematic breaking of the floodgates, effectively eliminating any firewalls between candidates and unlimited political giving".
The notion of the floodgates opening is not something you can reconcile with the developments of the markets in China," said Pierre Lagrange, chairman of the Man Group Asia.
"Please join a gathering to call for the opening of the floodgate".
"The gates become even more urgent if the worst scenarios are right," said Dr. Rafael L. Bras, an environmental engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who led an international assessment of the floodgate plan.
As part of the financing, Ann Miura-Ko, founding partner of the Floodgate Fund, will join the company's board of directors.
Lawyers in this field warn of "opening the floodgates" — an uncontrolled flow of dubious, would-be parents.
The point of opening the floodgates — allowing large numbers of people to have substandard plans and remain out of risk pools designed to keep premiums low in the health care exchanges — is to destroy the program.
