Sentence examples for a generous raise from inspiring English sources

"In exchange for a generous raise, they are going to have to make a lot of changes in the way in which the whole system works, because the system doesn't work," Mr. Giuliani said.

The Governor had granted a generous raise to his chief Budgeteer, along with others; that led to the public furor over the raises -- which in turn led to the political defense tactic of granting an additional 12 days of furloughs.

A bipartisan proposal from two U.S. senators calls for boosting the Department of Energy's (DOE's) science budget by nearly 23% over the next 2 years to $5.4 billion—a more generous raise than either Republicans or Democrats in the House of Representatives have proposed.

Local lawmakers in Pennsylvania have faced public antipathy over a generous pay raise that they voted for themselves late last year.

Alexis Tspiras, Greece's prime minister, showed no sign of giving in to demands to make the state pension less generous, raise VAT or water down his government's plans to reform labour laws in favour of workers.

Tspiras shows no sign of giving in to demands to make the state pension less generous, raise VAT or water down his government's plans to reform labour laws in favour of workers.

The interim report, which stems from a broader, ongoing audit of the agency's use of the law's hiring authority, detailed how Jackson awarded more than a half-dozen appointees generous raises within a year of them joining the EPA.

She repays his cloying kindnesses (generous raises, a car, an apartment) with a harassment suit.

It's a meaty package, but such a generous serving raises awareness.

Twelve days before Mr. Suozzi's inauguration, the Gulotta administration agreed to the appointment of Martin Scheinman, who has a record of awarding generous raises to police unions, as the arbitrator for the police detectives' contract.

The accord VW signed with the union's secretary-general included a generous 20% pay raise for employees.