Sentence examples for raise of less from inspiring English sources

Here are some of the depressing details, pulled from Jim Milliot's summary of the report: 35% of workers did not receive any raise last year, while another 21% received a raise of less than 3%.

So, women generally got a raise of less than a penny last year.

The firefighters received raises of less than 3percentthehe first year and 3.15percentthehe second year in that now-expired contract.

"My current wage, $10.04 was hard won over 18 years of miniscule raises of less than a dime or quarter a year.

Pay czar Kenneth Feinberg is reportedly open to negotiating salary changes for the insurance giant's top 25 execs, though the proposed changes would be relatively modest: while some of the executives will reportedly get raises of less than 10%, others will see their salaries slashed -- although by less, Brennan says, than in 2009, when pay was cut by about 91percentt.

(There are other concerns as well if the government guarantees the price of a very troubled bank, what happens to the ability to raise capital of less troubled banks, and what's the effect of having to guarantee prices for a lot of banks? You get the idea).

*Based on presence of dominant leg pain in any distribution as well as the following clinical signs of nerve root pain: positive straight leg raise test of less than 60 degrees that reproduced leg pain in combination with diminished reflexes, and/or muscle weakness in a myotomal or dermatomal pattern, and/or sensory disturbances.

He also seemed to raise the possibility of less stringent screening.

In Bute, from where I write, I've counted seven or eight, mostly along Rothesay's most elegant and expensive street, where they raise the eyebrows of less well-off unionists.

The trajectory of stock prices in the rail industry were equally volatile and raised suspicions of less-than-adequate disclosure, not to say of outright manipulation.

And PaidContent is pitching for a second round in that same range (PaidContent raised a round of "less than $1 million" in 2006).