Sentence examples for a sizable raise from inspiring English sources

The goal should be a package that grants federal judges a sizable raise.

Does that mean a sizable raise is out of the question?

Union officials said they hoped Gov. George E. Pataki would increase state aid to finance a sizable raise, and would urge officials to appoint an arbitration panel quickly.

It also helped that Mauer, who received a $5.15 million signing bonus, will make $300,000 while Pierzynski was due for a sizable raise through arbitration.

Mayor Giuliani has repeatedly said that if the teachers want a sizable raise, they will have to make some important concessions in return.

Although legislators passed more than 100 bills in the final day of the session -- including one granting a sizable raise for themselves and other officials -- several crucial issues were left in a trough of leftovers.

The sizable raise represents a possible new high-water mark for fast-food workers, say restaurant industry analysts, at a time when competition for even unskilled labor is rising amid low unemployment, greater immigration scrutiny and fewer teenagers seeking to work in fast-food jobs.

That's because all of the low-wage workers who kept their jobs, many of whom live outside the city limits, would get a sizable pay raise.

The deal, signed Friday, begins with a three-year extension of the show and its creators' contracts through a 15th season, in the year 2011, and gives Mr. Stone and Mr. Parker sizable raises, both in their salaries and in their guaranteed advances against back-end profits from DVDs, merchandising, syndication and international sales.

When union officials revealed last month that Ms. Roberts was considering a fifth pension tier to help persuade the city to give sizable raises, officials from many other city unions vigorously criticized the idea, causing the council's leader to alter her position, union leaders said.

Those savings made it easier for Mr. Giuliani to later give sizable raises to city workers.