Example sentences of "raise [prep] [art] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | An assessment was raised for the year to 31 January 1978 , in the absence of accounts , which was subsequently confirmed by the General Commissioners . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | At the same time , it is evident that the bulk of the money needed to pay for urban defence had to be raised locally , although , from 1367 onwards , the king of France often allowed a quarter of the value of royal taxes raised in a town to be retained as a contribution towards it . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 … … . |
| 8 | The valiant efforts of at Kilburn brought the total amount raised by the store to over £850. dressed as a clown to sell door knockers and held a collection . |
| 9 | He raised £300 which brought the total raised by the store to £695 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It would be useful to further explore some themes raised by the contributions to this section , First , in an age of constrained budgets , how do national institutions afford the infrastructure in order to take advantage of these new opportunities ? |
| 12 | 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 . |