Sentence examples for rather raise from inspiring English sources

He says he would rather raise awareness of H.I.V.

On the Republican side, people prefer spending cuts; the Democrats would rather raise taxes.

Which does rather raise the question: how much in the end did that rebellion of Ronald Reagan really matter?

Suffice it to say that by the time the book ends, there are Somalis who would rather raise their children in Africa than in America after all.

I'd rather raise a glass to her from the other side of the room in recognition of that 20th-century phenomenon, the celebrity.

"Even with the fee increase, recreation centers are still a bargain, and we would rather raise the rates for everyone instead of closing sites" or eliminating programming, said Vickie Karp, a parks department spokeswoman.

Which rather raises the question, who exactly is it aimed at?

Which rather raises the question of why OUP has decided to bring out a new supplement between hardcovers.

At the center of this circle there appeared an island, which grew like a mountain, like a hemisphere, like a globe resting on the water, or, rather, raised up just above it; no, like a moon rising in the sky.

Cracking the whip, in this case, came not in the form of raising rates charged to commercial banks to borrow money but rather raising the rates the banks are paid to keep money at the central bank.

Which rather raises the question - if the business the bank bought and then operated was so shrouded in secrecy what was HSBC doing owning it in the first place?