Sentence examples for raise called from inspiring English sources

The proposed contract defers a 3.75percentt raise called for next year until 2002, a tactic Mr. Parola said would strain the budget in the future.

The process — talking to each employee about his or her performance and whether he or she would be getting a raise — called for discretion and tact.

Even though he was playing amateurs, Mr. Matros deliberated carefully with every hand, mulling whether to raise, call or fold.

It all comes down to that one last bluff, and whether Obama (or the other players at the table, the American people) will raise, call or fold.

A graduate of Harvard, Mr. Green in 2007 created a Facebook application for online advocacy and fund-raising, called Causes, and in 2011, joined NationBuilder, a company that makes digital tools for political campaigns.

That $440 million fund Breyer was raising, called Accel IX, is on track to become the best-performing venture capital fund ever.

He also produced a short propaganda film, donated to the government for fund-raising, called The Bond.

In Colombia, the mayor of Aracataca, the small town where the author was born and raised, called on the remains to be interred there.

Mr. Josten said he makes many of the fund-raising calls to corporations nationwide, as does Mr. Donohue.

Over the last several weeks, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg made a series of unusual fund-raising calls to a handful of wealthy New Yorkers.

Members of the opposition have charged to the well with fists raised, calling the prime minister and his men thieves and shouting for them to step down.