The Treasury can't have it both ways. They can't expect us to pay higher tax, fuel and utility bills while keeping the economy afloat by shopping in the high street.
Is it really meeting the need? No, it's not adequate enough. You can only raise private rates so high. It's difficult to keep things afloat with everyone wanting great care and no one willing to pay for that.
You've got to give Jim Skipper some credit when you write about us. The job he's done in keeping our running game afloat under such adverse circumstances is beyond belief.
'Titania' is the best yacht currently afloat of its kind and size. There is very little, if anything, that anybody would go wanting for on 'Titania.'
The markets are not that strong, it's the banks that are keeping things afloat on the day.
That's nice of you to say. We're sort of staying afloat despite not fitting into . . . the corporate rules of commercial success. Somehow we've arrived somewhere cool despite not knowing where the ship was going to pop out after the storm.
I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.
I'm in a stage where I feel like I need to retrain my mind, because since the beginning of my career, I've been such a fighter and a little hustler and someone who just tried to stay afloat in this business.
Farming, construction, food processing, those businesses can't stay afloat without those workers.
I think he's still concerned to keep the stock market afloat and to hold down bond yields. He's going to be more inclined to talk the markets up rather than down.