Sentence examples for slight raises from inspiring English sources

The recently opened museums won't be affected; all received slight raises to their budgets, which range from about $2 million in Colchester to $3.5 million in Margate and $4 million in Wakefield.

Once in a while, give your miners slight raises, and give your better, harder working miners bigger raises.

No working stiff would sniff at such a slight raise.

He will receive a slight raise from the $391,000 he made last season.

He hides it well behind the slight raising of an eyebrow.

"It's a slight raise of one shoulder, a fragment that slips out of a full gesture," Dr. Ekman said.

There was another occasion in Scotland when there was a slight raising of eyebrows as we were checking in.

One executive involved in the negotiations said, "Whether he took a slight cut or got a slight raise, it's nobody's business".

Curry characterizes this as a "slight raise over the $6 million he is making this season" and notes that Martinez was "not too thrilled" when presented with this idea.

Knowing self-awareness is conveyed by the slight raise of an eyebrow, the sideways smile that says you're not taking it too seriously.

Jack McKeon, whose slight raise on a one-year contract was not an appropriate reward for the team's play in 1999, should nevertheless have fun again.