Sentence examples for raft of local from inspiring English sources

I was part of a panel celebrating a raft of local authors, from Harold Pinter to Patrick Wright, by way of Alexander Baron.

Other beneficiaries of Mr. Corzine's generosity have included the Black United Fund, the Hispanic American Association for Political Awareness and a raft of local Democratic organizations, according to campaign expense reports.

In Northern Liberties, which is to Philadelphia what SoHo was to New York in the 1970's, a smoky corner tavern called the Standard Tap, 901 North Second Street, (215) 238-0630, offers a raft of local beers, like Flying Fish and Stoudt's, on tap.

In the years after the Strokes released their game-changing album "Is This It" in 2001, a raft of local bands like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Rapture and LCD Soundsystem — their common musical denominator was a back-to-basics simplicity — were signed by major labels with some commercial expectations.

Pop legends such as Burt Bacharach and Grace Jones share the bill with jazz-inspired singer-songwriters Esperanza Spalding and Melody Gardot, meteorically risen saxist-bandleader Kamasi Washington, the new trio of guitarist John Scofield, pianist Brad Mehldau and drummer Mark Guiliana, as well as a raft of local talent.

Google, via its News Lab arm, is backing a collaborative verification platform called CrossCheck, that will launch in France on February 27 and continue through the French elections — bringing together a raft of local media companies to power a website where members of the public can report content they believe to be dubious, or ask questions for CrossCheck's media partners to respond to.

The Barcelona newspaper La Vanguardia recently highlighted a raft of small local theatres, libraries and other amenities that have closed because they are too expensive to run.

Tipped is up against a raft of other local reviews sites including Wehanghere, Revmap, FridayCities, TrustedPlaces and Qype, with the last of those the best funded so far.

It would be fair to say that the government was seen to be playing catch up on a raft of important local announcements in marginal seats across the electorate.

Opening a new business in Greece is well nigh impossible; closing one is somewhat easier.Greek companies are constrained by a raft of what locals call "counter-incentives"—laws and bureaucratic hurdles that make it hard to do business.

Now, according to Renewing America's Food Traditions, or RAFT, a national alliance of local food advocates, farmers and preservationists, the American apple has plummeted from a rich diversity of 16,000 varieties in the late 1800s to about 3,000.