Sentence examples for raise instead from inspiring English sources

We raise instead two fingers to salute the Russian mat.

What Fatca is expected to raise instead of money, tax specialists warn, are confusion and expense.

Councils will be allowed to keep business rates they raise, instead of sending all the money to Whitehall to be redistributed according to local need.

In other words, when we get a raise, instead of using that hard-won money to buy "the good life," we feel even more pressure to work since the shadow costs of not working are all the greater.

If health-insurance costs had risen 50percentt rather than 100percentt over the Bush years, middle-income voters would have enjoyed a pay raise instead of enduring wage stagnation.

How about a pay raise instead?

Players are also allowed 10.5 percent annual raises, instead of increases of 8 percent, if they stay.

What he raised instead was the ire of Tim Knaus, the Colorado Democratic chairman.

And the money raised, instead of going directly to park projects, will instead go into the city's general coffers.

Under the current system, a player who stays with his team can sign for six years (instead of five), with 10 percent raises (instead of 8 percent).

Under the new rules, a player who leaves via sign-and-trade can get only four years (instead of five) and 4.5 percent raises (instead of 7.5 percent).