Example sentences of "raised [prep] [art] [noun sg] to [art] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | ERLE C.J. : The question raised by the demurrer to the replication to the fourth plea is , whether there was a consideration to support the action on the promise to pay an annuity of £150 per annum … … . |
4 | Yet beyond all these sums levied directly from the clergy by the king , there were papal taxes raised by the pope to the benefit , intentionally or eventually , of the king . |
5 | The Executive will have to decide whether to add the money raised by the appeal to the £5,000 or retain it as a part-contribution towards the pledge we made . |