Example sentences of "it raise [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company explains its performance by saying that 1989 was the first year that the US contributed the majority of its sales , 61% of the total , and that it was hit that year by a 35% fall in the UK because it was too reliant on one customer ; it raised £1.5m in a rights issue . |
| 2 | This insulting behaviour had the desired effect in that it raised tempers in Paris , where all political groups , together with virtually the entire press , broke out in a clamour of hostility to Prussia , at the same time castigating their own government for refusing to take a strong line . |
| 3 | At another level it raised confidence in national identity and gave support to social science studies of Japan which stressed the way its unique cultural heritage underpinned economic success . |
| 4 | The £12m , which continues to rise , compares with the £17½m paid by the company in expenses when it raised £250m in its stock market flotation last year . |
| 5 | The £12m , which continues to rise , compares with the £17½m paid by the company in expenses when it raised £250m in its stock market flotation last year . |
| 6 | With regard to what he said about Stratford school , if he had taken rather more interest in the school when it was in the control of Newham and insisted on the school keeping up to reasonable standards and if he now put pressure on Newham LEA to ensure that it raised standards in schools , he would be doing more for his constituents than he is by his performance today . |