11.   The federal tax code imposes a ceiling on the amount of a refund a taxpayer can claim as the result of an overpayment.

12.   The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the proposed ceiling would be imposed on each NATO country and Russia.

13.   The treaty imposed overall ceilings on the number of tanks and other hardware.

14.   This move to impose a ceiling on food prices will also put a lid oninflation and contribute significantly towards a speedier recovery of theMalaysian economy.

15.   If the former warring parties are unable to agree on limits to their stockpiles, a ceiling will be imposed on them, according to the treaty.

16.   The official called for the state to ease control on borrowing and lending rates for foreign currencies, by imposing a ceiling on such rates.

17.   The bid triggered massive selling and a week long suspension of trading, after which the ceiling was imposed to control speculative trading.

18.   The ceiling had been imposed after a week-long suspension earlier this year following an attempt by a leading stockbroker to rig prices.