Sentence examples for progress on raising from inspiring English sources

Barack Obama on Saturday used his weekly address to appeal for progress on raising the federal minimum wage.

In Los Angeles, Mr. Romer said he hoped to convince the administration, which has praised the city for progress on raising test scores, of the district's good faith by showing progress on other fronts.

Cyprus's finance minister, Michalis Sarris, said on Saturday that there had been "significant progress toward reaching an agreement" with European officials on raising money for a bailout.

Modi came to power on a din of promises about industrial growth and economic progress; to raise concerns that differ with these particular visions of growth and progress is to run the risk of being regarded as anti-national.

He stated his belief that the company's "internet services" revenue model has been proved and presumably scaling the reach of its products is the next step to building on that progress and raising that revenue.

The paper then argues that progress in raising the level of software reuse in these fields depends on the adoption of better software adaptability techniques.

For some reason he speaks with a mid-Atlantic drawl ("We're working on the assumption that he died from a bloadertha head").. To his horror, his new partner is cool, feisty, know-all feminist DI Georgina Dixon (Miranda Raison) who's a better driver than he, interrupts his poker game to check on progress, and raises a half-indulgent eyebrow at his rampant sexism.

It said it had made progress on plans to raise further capital, and expected to make more director appointments.

To up the ante: The ratings agency Moody's warned yesterday that if the White House and Congress do not make progress on efforts to raise the debt ceiling by mid-July, it may lower the U.S.'s top-notch credit rating.

We have also made progress on a question raised in Section 1, namely whether "speech act theory" deserves its name.

Police layoffs have sparked new concern about crime in metropolitan areas that have seen progress, raising fears that cops on the beat are being thrown into dangerous situations with less backup and fewer resources.