Sentence examples for serve as a floor from inspiring English sources

The tax would merely serve as a floor — a new lower bound.

Federal rules would serve as a floor, not a ceiling, so that the states could pass even more stringent laws without fear of federal pre-emption.

The company was hoping the judge would approve the $290 million proposed sale to a group of senior bondholders led by the hedge fund Monarch Alternative Capital and that the deal would serve as a floor for other offers.

Had the numbers not missed, Cook could have expected his 2015 compensation of $10.3 million to serve as a floor for 2016.

The White House has emphasized that federal regulations should "serve as a floor, not a ceiling" and should not be allowed to preempt tough state laws.

To many Americans, he is known as an outspoken social conservative and as a vociferous critic of President Bill Clinton, serving as a floor manager for Mr. Clinton's impeachment.

In the third, biggest and best gallery, five humongous canvases proffer messy fields of tarnished gold that seem to have accrued by a series of random painterly acts, including serving as a floor covering wherever the previous silver paintings were made.

The hope is that the NSF base stipend serves as "a floor" for postdoc pay, says Alan Lightbourne, an NSF Special Advisor, but the actual salaries vary among institutions and disciplines.

She traveled the world on the White House beat, covered Bill Clinton through the 1996 Presidential campaign and served as a floor reporter at the 1996 Democratic National Convention.

Each channel (200 long x 12 wide x 20 cm high) had an adjustable stainless steel grid (that served as a floor for the animals tested) and was covered with an acrylic double-panel lid.

They also suggested that the water could be drained to allow the roof to serve as a dance floor or a simple platform above the park.