Sentence examples for increase was rejected from inspiring English sources

A ballot initiative for a half-cent sales tax increase was rejected by 54 percent of the voters, although there was no financing to campaign against the increase.

In West Orange, the district's budget — $118 million, including a 7.3 percent tax revenue increase — was rejected for the first time in a decade.

MetLife agreed in December to sell about $7.5 billion of bank deposits to the General Electric Company after the insurer's plan for a dividend increase was rejected by the Federal Reserve.

If voters approve the governor's tax proposal, they stand to receive $300 million more this year, but they will lose another $300 million if the tax increase is rejected.

His proposition to block all duty increases was rejected by members.

The settlements stem from lawsuits the companies brought against the state after their requests for steeper increases were rejected by the insurance department last year.

Last year, UT-Austin requested a tuition increase, which was rejected by the regents and discouraged by then-Gov.

The attempt to increase the cap was rejected by some legislators who fear that increasing the cap will put smaller oil companies out of business.

Instead, Senate leaders last week offered their own, toll-free plan, with a 4percentt fare increase, but it was rejected by the governor, Mr. Silver and authority officials, who said it did not provide enough revenue to support the authority over the long term.

The hypothesis that hyperfibrinogenaemia which occurs after both WBI and laparotomy might increase tumour transplantability was rejected because of the lack of correlation between TD50 and fibrinogen levels at different times after each procedure.

But the party's amendment to the Budget calling for the Scottish rate of income tax to be increased to 11p was rejected by MSPs.