Sentence examples for raised modestly from inspiring English sources

To do that, taxes should be raised modestly or not at all (to avoid "hurting" the economy).

Raised modestly by his Māori mother and grandmother, Clement is a direct descendant of the Wairarapa chief Iraia Te Whaiti, who started his own printing press and school when "there were restrictions on Māori people being businesspeople at all".

'For a long time the Home Office has thought it has to work with these organisations, but I hope it has thought again as a result of this book.' Yet this rigorous intellectual - adopted and raised modestly in Scotland, prior to a stellar journalistic career - confesses the book has gone down less well with Conservative colleagues desperate to appear more 'huggable', including, he hints, Cameron.

There were also three vulnerable incumbents who raised modestly more than their opposition in the first half of this year.

It is true that Britain's short-term interest rates are well above those in other big industrial economies, and have recently been raised, albeit modestly.

And even pro-Western countries like Kuwait are worried about a repeat of the catastrophic decline in prices that came after OPEC raised production modestly in September 1997.

Longer term, economists said, streamlining the code might improve the allocation of capital enough to raise growth modestly.

In "Campaigning on Social Security" (editorial, May 29), you suggest that Congress should "cut benefits and raise taxes modestly".

He argued that changing the language from "an extended period" to "for some time" would "provide the committee flexibility to begin raising rates modestly," according to the minutes.

The wiser solution is for Congress to cut benefits and raise taxes modestly, which is all that would be needed to close the system's financial gap.

As OPEC ministers prepare to meet Wednesday for the first time since political turmoil spread across North Africa and the Middle East, there are signs that Saudi Arabia and other oil producers are beginning to raise production modestly to help meet global demand.