Sentence examples for setting a floor for from inspiring English sources

That amounts to setting a floor for the euro or a ceiling for the franc.

Brookfield's plan is now a de facto "stalking horse" bid, setting a floor for all offers for the company.

As states move to incorporate local actions into broader plans, mandates will also play an increasing role in setting a floor for local efforts.

If prices, which in eight months have fallen from $160 to $98, slide further, older plants will be mothballed, cutting supply and setting a floor for prices well above USG's cost.

If prices, which have fallen in the past eight months from $160 to $98, slide further, older plants will be mothballed, cutting supply and setting a floor for prices well above USG's cost.

But setting a floor for the minimum wage has gained popularity among Democrats since the financial crisis, and insurgent 2016 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has made a $15 federal "living wage" a key part of his platform.

Mr. Icahn set a floor for a possible sale when he announced his offer on Friday.

The amount was set in an initial "stalking horse bid," which sets a floor for bankruptcy auction prices.

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

The rules that the E.P.A. reconsidered on Thursday set a floor for ethanol use, not a ceiling.

Essentially, his work "sets a floor for how many genes might be clock-regulated," Nicholas Stavropoulos, a researcher at New York University's Neuroscience Institute, told me.