Example sentences of "raise [adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The facts , as presented by Yuri Korelev , show that the six commercial exhibitions held in 1990 and 1991 raised only $630,000 towards its current deficit . |
| 2 | The tax-raising powers of such an assembly , which are referred to coyly by Opposition Members as being only marginal , would , even if they raised only 2p in the pound , cost a single man on average wages £4.72 per week . |
| 3 | I raised over £4OO in total , which I gave to Cancer Research and the Multiple Sclerosis Society . ’ |
| 4 | Matthew raised over £1,1OO in sponsorship money , which he donated to the Multiple Sclerosis Society . |
| 5 | He raised over £25,000 for Enterprise Neptune and wherever he went was cheered along his way by National Trust supporters , including Centres and Associations , Girl Guides and Brownies . |
| 6 | They also raised over £800 for the Sick Children 's Hospital . |
| 7 | Due to generous sponsorship from local members and local people in Bishop 's Castle and Clun , we raised approximately £300 for the Preservation Funds . |
| 8 | This delightful evening raised approximately £60,000 for the two charities . |
| 9 | The ball raised approximately £40,000 for the Time Walker Education Endowment Fund , which will provide education for future generations so that they understand the vital importance of conservation . |
| 10 | Michael Palin , top selling Christmas author with Pole to Pole ( BBC Books — see Christmas in the Bookshops , page 27 ) , played to a full house and raised nearly £3,000 for the Playhouse in Oxford when he gave a talk about his travels , organised by Blackwells in December . |
| 11 | The competition raised nearly £4,000 for the RAF Benevolent Fund . |
| 12 | The money comes from the BBC 's Greater London Radio , whose benefit concert on National Music Day featuring Bob Geldof , Midge Ure and Julia Fordham raised nearly £6,000 towards the Guitar Institute scholarships . |
| 13 | Emma , 21 , who works at Courtaulds Chemicals in Buckhaven , Scotland , raised nearly £300 for cancer research with the sponsored parachute jump . |
| 14 | When [ in 1990 ] the Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center and its director were indicted in the Mapplethorpe case and needed money for their defence , we raised about $50,000 for them in about two days . |
| 15 | From 1487 to 1496 , he raised about £250,000 in parliamentary taxes , to which the benevolence of 1491 added some £60,000 . |
| 16 | Ramtron International Corp , Colorado Springs , Colorado pioneer of ferroelectric memory chips , reports that it raised about $12m in a private placing of 1.2m shares of common at $9.80 per share to add to its working capital . |
| 17 | Last week 's 70s Night was a roaring success with over 100 guests who raised about £280 for the village play group . |
| 18 | The placing raised about £5m in new money for the company ; in the year to March 1992 , it lost £107,000 on sales of £746,000 . |
| 19 | All the men were sponsored , and its hoped the stunt has raised about £2,000 for charity . |
| 20 | Last year Stokesley Youth Centre adopted Elena as its mascot and since then the players have raised about £100 for her . |
| 21 | Sponsorship has raised about £300,000 for the British Garden , which should have a good chance of winning the competition . |
| 22 | Staff at Ashton Branch raised about £70 by putting members of the management team in the stocks and pelting them with custard pies . |
| 23 | He has raised around £10,000 for the NSPCC family centre in Liverpool . |
| 24 | It 's hoped that the event will have raised around £1000 for the Ballycotton lifeboat . |
| 25 | The shop raised almost £3,500 since February last year . |
| 26 | A three-day sit-in at the Star Ferry terminal raised almost £10,000 for Peking . |
| 27 | They raised almost £10,000 in aid of the Royal Marsden Cancer Hospital . |
| 28 | In October 1992 he and raised almost £1,000 at a Cabaret Evening in the parish for Somalia . |
| 29 | Sales of books and chimp T-shirts afterwards raised almost £1,000 for the Institute and it 's hoped to start a Northern Ireland branch . |
| 30 | A furniture auction by Elm Ridge Methodist Church raised almost £3,000 for the hospice last weekend . |