Sentence examples for raised existing from inspiring English sources

Both introduced new taxes and raised existing ones.

Many councils have increased charges for some care services – the Guardian survey of council cuts found 23 of the 42 councils that answered the question have introduced new charges or raised existing payments for some adult care services.

To help offset these rising costs, 39 percent said their city had raised existing fees for municipal services, while about a quarter of the cities had established new fees for previously free services.

It's no coincidence that, during the period when the number of check cashers and payday lenders has grown, banks have instituted a range of new fees and raised existing charges on A.T.M. withdrawals, wire payments, debit-card replacement, and paper statements, among other services.

While it isn't disclosing the amount raised, existing investors like Initialized Capital, Beenos Partners, and Greg Kidd also participated in the round.

This system has also been used to raise existing gravity dams to a higher crest level, economically increasing the storage capacity of a reservoir.

But the prospects for introducing new tolls are slim when the notion of raising existing tolls on the turnpike and the parkway is already so unpopular, the administration official said.

And for similar reasons, hotels are likely to add more fees and more stringently enforce or even raise existing charges for cutting a stay short, for example, or for storing luggage.

"I think that politically it would be easier to raise existing taxes rather than introduce a tax on a retirement savings vehicle that was specifically created to offer tax-free growth and withdrawals," said Mary Erl, of Nestegg Financial Advisors in Gurnee, Ill., in an e-mail message this week.

Since the flood map was last updated in 1983, floor space inside the city's flood plain has risen 40%, to 535m square feet.However, traditional flood-mitigation schemes, such as buying out householders or raising existing buildings, are impractical in New York.

The dune project, part of a $1 billion project to protect the state's shoreline, has been discussed for more than a decade, and would build or raise existing dunes to 22 feet, and add about 200 feet of beach between homes and the ocean.