Sentence examples for acted to raise from inspiring English sources
Faced with the prospect of large and immediate tax increases, Congress acted to raise income tax rates only on relatively well-off people — and also to allow payroll taxes to increase for all working Americans.
Mitsubishi UFJ cut its full-year profit forecast by 77percentt last month, and in recent months it has acted to raise capital of ¥1.3 trillion, or $13 billion.
On the one hand, there was an important external development in each episode that acted to raise defense spending.
FGSZ said it had acted to raise the flow of gas to Hungary, due to an expected increase in demand.
New York and California have already acted to raise their overtime standards even higher than the Obama $47,476 level.
Some of these muscles act to raise the feathers, others to depress them.
In Dr. Accili's research, some of the progenitor cells went on to produce another hormone, glucagon, which acts to raise blood sugar.
At that point, if Congress does not act to raise the limit, America would be unable to pay all its bills.
However, continued encouraging news on US employment, low gasoline prices and the publication of several upbeat economic indicators led other economists to believe that the Fed would act to raise rates this month.
The president's deficit commission recommended that Congress act to raise America's petrol tax, which is among the rich world's lowest and hasn't been increased since 1993.
With the national debt already bumping up against a $16.4 trillion cap set last year, Congress risks a government default unless it acts to raise the debt ceiling in the next few months.
