Sentence examples for small raises from inspiring English sources

At Vanderbilt, the university was mindful that employees had gone with no or small raises for the last two years.

The estimate is hypothetical, based on the assumption, scientifically unproven, that every dose of radiation, no matter how small, raises the risk of cancer.

Without those rights, the Knicks could offer only small raises, unless they used a cap exception, the midlevel ($5 million) or the biannual ($1.9 million).

Mr. Catsimatidis said Mr. Bloomberg should have tried harder to meet with the unions and offer them at least small raises.

That avoids permanently increasing the companies' annual labor costs, and the signing bonuses most likely would amount to considerably less than four consecutive years of small raises.

For new labor contracts, Bloomberg has proposed giving workers small raises, of one and one-quarter per cent — if they agree to pay a percentage of their health-care premiums, on a par with most state, federal, and private employees.

We even gave ourselves a small raise.

They sat on high stools on a small raised platform.

Last year, the firm even gave itself a small raise.

Their hopes were buoyed recently when she was promoted and got a small raise.

The small, raised stage, a dramatic focal point, held a stacked sound system.