Example sentences of "be raised [prep] [art] [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 The matter had been raised in a petition to the parliament of 1305 , but was only confirmed now , presumably because , the papal see then being vacant , Edward was waiting to employ the statute as a lever on the new pope .
2 It is that race of ‘ wise serpents ’ whose totem was the Hooded Cobra found inscribed on the soapstone seals of the Indus Valley who are the Nagas of Indian philosophy , and that is why the Cobra , known as Nag or Naga , has been raised throughout the country to the rank of a Divine Being .
3 What is interesting about them is that while the development corporations acquired powers that gave them a great deal of autonomy within their own territories , there is today a variety of questions to be raised about the extent to which their ‘ success ’ was secured at the expense of other policies to which they ‘ ought ’ to have related .
4 The third , already made half of stone , would be raised through the night to ground level and across that , the attack would be made in the dark just before dawn .
5 An assessment was raised for the year to 31 January 1978 , in the absence of accounts , which was subsequently confirmed by the General Commissioners .
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