Sentence examples for instance raised from inspiring English sources

A tax surcharge in 1968, for instance, raised taxes because output was rising rapidly and was expected to keep surging.

Save the Children, for instance, raised $5.1 million online in the first five days after the tsunami.

The city of Yonkers, for instance, raised $24 million in bond sales to renovate the Otis Elevator building for a new public library and Board of Education site.

Philadelphia public schools, for instance, raised the graduation rate to 62percentt in 2005 from 39percentt in 1995, the report said.

Merck & Company, for instance, raised the price of the pain reliever Vioxx, 4.9percentt in late August, just as the drug's sales growth began to slow after a study raised concerns about its safety.

J. C. Penney, for instance, raised its second-quarter earnings guidance to a loss of 8 to 12 cents a share from a loss of 15 to 25 cents.

It could, for instance, raise the age of consent from 15, forbidding all kinds of sexual activity between adults and minors.

Nascent bubbles and financial-market distortions can be addressed by, for instance, raising the amount of capital banks must put aside.

Researchers have been sifting through these for indications of further misdemeanours, with some success: some documents, for instance, raise serious questions about involvement in smuggling, which the firms deny.

Or understood better that growth also comes from investment not just in roads and rail but in social infrastructure too, for instance, raising the wages of those in social care and offering free childcare?

The cabinet reshuffle, for instance, raises the question 'is this an indication of how long he intends to go on?' There is is an impatience out there on the doorstep to know where we are".