Sentence examples for designed to raise a from inspiring English sources

So imagine her fiendish delight upon discovering there was a special kind of shoe designed to raise a ruckus.

The rights issue, under which shareholders can buy 59 shares at 5 euro cents each for every 50 they already own, is designed to raise a further €92.2m.

Are they simply a marketing gimmick designed to raise a supermarket's profile in local areas (we've all seen garish Sainsbury's banners hanging outside the school gates)?

A journalist recounts how a hellish regimen designed to raise a mutilated boy as a girl failed completely, though the victim survived to lead a fairly tolerable life.

"Its offer, designed to raise a record U.S. $10 billion, had to be withdrawn and refashioned because of the negative publicity suggesting that the proceeds would be used to commit further human rights abuses in Sudan, Tibet and elsewhere".

We use a novel disaggregate sample of motorists to estimate the effect of the price of a vehicle mile traveled on VMT, and we provide the first national assessment of VMT and gasoline taxes that are designed to raise a given amount of revenue.

Current video surveillance systems are not designed to raise an automatic alert in case of situations that put people lives at risk such as accidents, assaults and terrorism among others.

City officials said the increased fees and the inclusion of nonprofit groups was designed to raise an additional $2 million annually in city revenues, $250,000 of which was to come from business license fees paid by nonprofit groups.

Proposition 82, the universal preschool proposal created and bankrolled by Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner, was designed to raise an estimated $2.4 billion annually by taxing individuals who earn more than $400,000 and couples who earn more than $800,000.

Over the years I've contributed to the PTA and all sorts of activities designed to raise money: jog-a-thons, dance-a-thons, even a color run, in which kids were pelted with colorful paint powder as they raced around the school track.

All bets placed online in the UK are now subject to a 15% point of consumption tax designed to raise £300m a year for the Treasury.