Sentence examples for draft to raise from inspiring English sources

He and Governor Isaac Shelby instituted a draft to raise the 1,500 troops he was to command in Wayne's operation.

Like Harmar, he was also unpopular in Kentucky, and Scott had to conduct a draft to raise the militiamen needed for St . Clairs expedition.

The result is that America may be unable, within reasonable cost limits and without reinstituting the draft, to raise the much bigger army it might need for such wars.

ANK is grateful to Prof. M. B. Rajendra Prasad for discussions during drafting to raise the quality of English and to make manuscript informative.

In January, as many lawyers refused to take new assignments in family court, Gov. George E. Pataki and legislative leaders announced that they would draft legislation to raise pay.

A former education secretary has been drafted in to raise school standards in a Greater Manchester town after the council admitted they were not good enough.

State-controlled CNOOC, China's third-biggest oil company, has drafted plans to raise its $67-per-share 67-per-share 67-per-shareeating a coffering bid by Chevron by some $2 billion, toe Financial Timoresaid.

With the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, some have called for the re-institution of the draft, not only to raise the number of troops, but also to make more Americans aware of what exactly war entails.

Whites are now a minority in California.See article: Lexington Californiaa's new complexionMexico's President Vicente Fox sent to Congress draft legislation designed to raise $14 billion in new revenues, though cutting the top rate of corporate and personal tax from 40% to 32%.Colombia moved closer to a second set of peace talks, this time with the lesser of its two big guerrilla groups, the ELN.

Expectations were heightened by a Reuters report over the weekend that said Peugeot had drafted a plan to raise 3 billion euros, or about $4.1 billion, of new capital.

A group of Republican and Democratic business leaders and former state officials calling itself the Think Long Committee for California is drafting an initiative to raise $10 billion by expanding the sales tax to services, while reducing personal and corporate taxes.