Sentence examples for to raise a matter from inspiring English sources

"I want to raise a matter which seems to me of considerable importance concerning how the President receives advice from his Cabinet and White House staff," McFarlane opened his August 1 , 1985memo to Chief of Staff Donald Regan, with the subject line reading, "Advice to the President".

Mr President, I rise under Rule 3. I regret to have to raise a matter concerning the immunities of this House and a serious contravention of Article 9 of the European Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Ask them for a moment of their time and explain that you'd like to raise a matter that you feel is important.

Another more positive interpretation is that the physical touch and averted gaze provided by the nurse gave the patient a very welcome opportunity to raise a delicate issue and her matter-of-fact tone normalised the issue.

BS: We've pulled data on this and a company that has raised seed funding from Sequoia is three times more likely to raise a venture round — no matter what.

The methodological strength of the study was the use of in-depth interviews that allowed participants to raise a diverse range of issues that mattered to them, within the context of living with CHD and depression.

This all raises a matter that is interesting to many of us who travel.

"Yeltsin and [Germany's former chancellor] Kohl had a gentlemen's agreement not even to raise the matter of a German consulate," says a pro-western Kaliningrad official in exasperation.

In London, where the government's handling of Mr. Heywood's death is rapidly becoming a political issue, Prime Minister David Cameron is likely to raise the matter when a Chinese Politburo member, Li Changchun, visits Downing Street on Tuesday, a spokeswoman said.

Sens. Cory Booker (D) and Bob Menendez (D), and Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R), all of New Jersey, asked the president to raise the matter during a meeting with Sisi in Saudi Arabia last weekend.

At a meeting last Thursday, frustrated players gave their union a mandate to raise the matter with the SPL.