Sentence examples for preferred a raise from inspiring English sources

Did I mention that he would have preferred a raise?

He said he would have preferred a raising of the debt ceiling into next year, but "because of the filibuster, he needed Schumer's buy-in".

Some board members prefer a raise without conditions and restoring staffing at schools to their levels before the recent recession.

"The longer people delay taking substances the better, so I'd prefer a model that raises the age of consumption over and above 18, because we know that the brain continues to develop into the mid-twenties.

Although the White House indicated on Monday that the administration would prefer a "clean" bill to raise the debt ceiling, Boehner said Obama told him during Wednesday's meeting that he would allow for a bill with other deficit-reduction measures included.

While the I.M.F. and markets would prefer a firm commitment to raising the surplus, meaning Argentina could afford to repay more debt, Mr. Kirchner wants to use any excess government cash to jump-start the economy through a public works program.

He knows that the Democrats who control the State Legislature would prefer a so-called millionaires' tax, raising the marginal tax rate on the state's highest earners.

But with midterm elections on the horizon, Democrats are eager to make the minimum wage a wedge issue, and some Republicans may prefer to see a raise resolved ahead of tight congressional races later this year.

Mr. Fransolet also said it was not surprising that Portugal preferred to raise the needed funds on the market rather than through a bailout.

The decline of extended families coincided with an exodus to the suburbs, where many young adults preferred to raise their children, and the enactment of Social Security and Medicare, which made older adults more financially independent.

Their grandmother preferred to raise them simply, and they made their own clothes.