Sentence examples for steps of raising from inspiring English sources

For the silver-lining group, which includes the mayor's advisers, the theory goes this way: The mayor's poll numbers hit rock bottom when he took the unpopular steps of raising taxes and cutting spending, and now that those steps are behind him he will win back the good will of voters when the city's fiscal situation and the economy improve.

The home secretary confirmed that the Home Office had taken the precautionary step of raising security at seaports.

His choice to skip the obvious step of raising the state's unusually low gas tax is inexplicable.

Several states are considering the rare step of raising gasoline taxes to help fill growing budget gaps and potholed roads.

The problem, in a nutshell, is that the popular step of lowering taxes for industries like trucking requires the unpopular step of raising taxes for industries like biotech.

Goldman Sachs sold $2 billion in nonguaranteed debt in late January, and took the additional step of raising $5 billion from private investors after it reported earnings last month.

By his account, the Clinton Administration initiated the partnership to avoid the more effective, but politically riskier, step of raising fuel-efficiency standards.

The mayor is taking the responsible, and politically brave, step of raising about $1 billion by eliminating the 7percentt property tax reduction that homeowners have been enjoying.

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to take the momentous step of raising interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade when it meets later this month.

A first step of raising the number of judges to 1,200 will require at least $100 million extra for the agency beyond the $9.6 billion that President Bush has proposed for the 2008 fiscal year, Mr. Astrue said.

Judge Rakoff, who works in the Southern District of New York, was assigned to decide whether to approve the settlement and has taken the unusual step of raising questions about it.