Sentence examples for put ceilings on from inspiring English sources

He stepped down after 20 months, having negotiated the SALT II treaty, which put ceilings on American and Soviet nuclear forces.

To cool a credit boom, the authorities forced banks to hold more cash reserves and put ceilings on property loan-to-value ratios as alternatives to raising interest rates (which might attract yet more footloose money).

The collective-bargaining agreement restricts movement and puts ceilings on salaries.

And America's restrictive laws about stunts and insurance tend to put a ceiling on one's expectations, as do rapid editing and CGI, which conceal rather than reveal.

When you play in a club, you're playing in a place with carpets and fabrics and wood, and whatever you put on ceilings.

The Agrarian Reform Law of 1952 put a ceiling on individual holdings at 200 faddāns (one faddān = 1.038 acres), later reduced to 100 faddāns, with special allowance for male children.

Bold decisions like the one in September to put a ceiling on the Swiss franc are open to criticism, and helped to make the Hildebrands' trading look so iffy.

One proposal would force visitors to buy an entry ticket and put a ceiling on the number of people allowed in at any one time.

"He's going to put a ceiling on rubber".

"I don't want to put a ceiling on him," Gonzalez said.

One is to put a ceiling on overall write-offs instead of attacking individual subsidies.