Sentence examples for sets a floor of from inspiring English sources

The Center for Economic Policy Research lays out how much better European Union workers have it than Americans: The EU sets a floor of at least 20 paid vacation days and many countries require more.

Unemployment sets a floor of zero dollar wages that creates fear of greater poverty for those working in meager minimum wage jobs.

The bill would set a floor on ethanol consumption of 1.3percentt of national gasoline supply, which is the current level, and would require increases over 10 years.

Those war plans set a floor of 2,500 nuclear weapons necessary to cover all targets in current war plans.

Sweden recently set a floor of 15% to the risk weights banks could use for their mortgage books—meaning that for a mortgage worth $100,000, the bank must set aside capital as if it were worth $15,000.

Besides the promotional pipelines it creates, setting a floor of college attainment also creates more office camaraderie, said Mr. Slipakoff, who handles most of the firm's hiring and is especially partial to his fellow University of Florida graduates.

This sets a floor price of 38p for a can of lager, £2.03 for a bottle of wine, or £8.00 for a 700ml bottle of spirits.

But buried in the Medicare bill is language sought by the biotech industry that would help set a floor for reimbursement of biotech drugs used for hospital outpatients.

The current agreement sets a floor price of 21.69 cents a pound for winter tomatoes.

Mr Romney promises to set a floor for the defence budget of 4% of GDP, and plough any efficiency savings back into the armed forces.

He has urged OPEC to cut oil output further, to set a floor for benchmark prices of $50.