Sentence examples for raising to keep from inspiring English sources

Out on the Thimble Islands that sit offshore, many docks have required raising to keep them out of the water.

From Rotterdam to Eindhoven, ceilings have had to be lifted, furniture redesigned, lintels raised to keep foreheads from smacking them.

Likewise many workers, who may not be able to win raises to keep pace with rising prices.

It's the retailers themselves which will choose the beneficiaries – and how much of the millions raised to keep for themselves Holland has a dirty secret.

Back then, tariffs were raised to keep out foreign imports in a series of beggar-thy-neighbour moves designed to safeguard jobs and domestic output.

If the overall assessed values within a school district went down, for example, the tax rate would be raised to keep the district's property tax revenues level.

It trades on a suspicion of modern liberation from the conflicts endured by those who were raised to keep their outer and inner identities rigorously and rigidly divided.

Culture minister Ed Vaizey described it as a rare and important work and said he sincerely hoped the money could be raised to keep it in Britain.

Formed in 1725 in the wake of the 1715 Jacobite rebellion, the Black Watch was raised to keep watch on the Scottish highlands.

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In a simple way, it's the money that Twitter had to raise to keep its lights on during its growth.