Sentence examples for raise though from inspiring English sources

He would not turn down a raise, though.

To exceed the cap — or to levy a new tax, or to raise (though not to cut) an existing one — would take a two-thirds supermajority of the full membership of both Houses of Congress.

Aibileen loves the white babies she helps raise, though that affection comes with so many choking complexities that they can leave her near-speechless, as the promising first scene shows.

To exceed the cap or to levy a new tax, or to raise (though not to cut) an existing one would take a two-thirds supermajority of the full membership of both Houses of Congress.

Before they were scheduled to formally resign at the end of May, Honda fired Mr. Tan and Mr. Xiao on May 22. On June 4, after intense negotiations involving the local government in Foshan and Japanese executives, Honda agreed to a large pay raise, though short of the workers' demand for nearly doubling their salary.

"I will keep my pledge to let them govern themselves," the governor said in a statement last week after the State Senate passed the increase, backing off a rejection of the raise, though he also said he was "very sorry" about it.

Hillary Clinton explained her culture-war assault on Obama by saying that the "issue" in question is bound to be one "that certainly the Republicans will be raising" (though that hardly justifies inviting them to do so with her imprimatur).

One cautionary note should be raised though, since high levels of MMP-9 do not necessarily imply high MMP-9 activity as the protein is produced as an inactive pro-enzyme.

VAHAN JANJIGIAN: But how do they raise revenues, though, if the unemployment rate is going to continue to rise?

It has raised concerns, though, that employers might try to exploit the system.

When the subject of Italy was raised, though, he hesitated.