A single anomalous spike would thus raise suspicion.
In fact, she says, they often indicate an imbalance of power, and thus raise ethical issues.
By and large, they aren't interested in the fact that if they worked longer hours, they would earn more money and thus raise their standard of living.
But Mr. Obama's proposal also recognized that "outsized reliance on debt financing can increase the risk of financial distress and thus raise the likelihood of bankruptcy".
The underlying theory is that an option constitutes an incentive to do what will improve the company's fortunes and thus raise the value of its stock.
He wanted the airlines to be required to tell customers what the lowest fare on the Internet was, but the Transportation Department said this would take time, which would cost the airlines money, and thus raise fares for everyone.
That's why many politicians opposed the use of statistical sampling: they feared it might actually reflect America's growing number of racial minorities, and thus raise the unpleasant question of those groups' disproportionately low representation in government.
The essays demonstrate the transformative power of communion with gifted and committed master craftsmen and women who have given, and continue to give, the very best of themselves, and thus raise their achievement from the merely competent to the sublime.
Plotwise, Cersei can thus raise a long-running question: Must she behave dreadfully in order to protect her dreadful son Joffrey, the heir to the throne, or is she just dreadful anyway?
Canada's federal government and provincial securities commissions must choose between a TMX that is largely foreign-owned and an all-Canadian offer that could increase monopoly power and thus raise costs for investors.
Its "growth decree" was designed mainly to persuade owners of family firms that they could list on the stockmarket, and thus raise capital to expand, without having to give up control.
