Example sentences of "raised [prep] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the banner of religion is raised as a banner of politics , blood will flow , just as it has done in Belfast , Beirut and Colombo . |
| 2 | This is by no means the first time that national security has been raised as a defence in legal proceedings against the Crown . |
| 3 | The Inter-Departmental Account was raised as a result of expenditure incurred in respect of this Authority purchasing bulk supplies of National Joint Council Circulars . |
| 4 | The output of all islands is raised as a result of what is believed ( mistakenly ) on each island to be a favourable shift in the pattern of demand in their direction . |
| 5 | Fears have been raised about a reduction in manpower , and we should like to explore the matter further . |
| 6 | Furthermore , the Russian right wing had recently been reinforced by a new army , the Ninth , which had been raised for a drive on Berlin but was instead deployed against Austria . |
| 7 | The money was raised through a competition in the Civil Service Motoring Association magazine in conjunction with Frizzell Financial Services and will pay for the intercom system , propeller shafts and coupling to be fitted to the new Mersey class lifeboat Charles Brown . |
| 8 | Money for the leukaemia fund was raised through a number of activities including a non-uniform day , a Christmas concert , a carol service collection , together with individual and parental contributions . |
| 9 | In the last six months , £4,662 was raised through a lottery at the Countess of Chester Hospital . |
| 10 | At the opening of the Hinkley C Inquiry the CEGB felt so confident about the support of this government policy that it was raised like a standard at the front of its arguments . |
| 11 | He saw that they kept in their lines , with their helms and weapons in reach , and went back to the awning his servants had raised with a bench under it , and some saddles . |
| 12 | The money will be raised in a mixture of straightforward borrowing and long-term , high-interest bearing mezzanine finance — often referred to as junk bonds . |
| 13 | The theory of communicative action is perhaps the crucial and radical component in Habermas 's work but it is not a discrete theory ; it develops in response to a number of problems both theoretical and empirical raised in a variety of contexts . |
| 14 | Then there are those raised in a hothouse of their own parents ' ambitions . |
| 15 | Another factor was raised in a case in which the government did not properly consult local authorities ( as required by statute ) before making some regulations : by the time the application to revoke the regulations was heard , they had been in operation for some time and to revoke them would have caused considerable administrative inconvenience which could not be justified given that no real complaint was made about the substance of the regulations . |
| 16 | All plants must be raised in a greenhouse from seed The ground should be well dug and manured with Growmore added . |
| 17 | The question of whether the convictions were safe , and the need for a review to allay public anxiety in the light of the Guildford findings , is raised in a statement by the joint presidents of the Birmingham Council of Christian Churches : the Most Reverend Maurice Couve de Murville , Archbishop of Birmingham ; the Right Reverend Mark Santer , Bishop of Birmingham ; and the Reverend David Good , representing the Birmingham Free Churches . |
| 18 | Rather , they were of decisive moment in how we lived from day to day and deserved the commemoration of daily objects , so that William 's figure , seated on his prancing white charger , sword-arm raised in a gesture of advance , decorated tea-towels and plates . |
| 19 | She has four arms , making her an inescapable foe — one hand holds a sword , one a human head , one is raised in a gesture of peace to trick the unwary , and the other forms a claw , ready to pinion its next victim . |
| 20 | The older boy appears to have gone through this initiation ritual , but still stands erect with arms raised in a gesture of worship and submission . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Capital for major expenditure or investment can be raised in a number of ways but as an PLC we would have easier access to the most appropriate funding alternatives . |
| 23 | The objection based upon uncertainty can be raised in a number of different forms , and it is important to distinguish between them . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The premiss which serves to justify such a policy is that the young should be raised in a context of ‘ normality ’ . |
| 26 | Felicity watches him with her eyebrows raised in an expression of tender , slightly comical concern . |
| 27 | However , the CSU had agreed on May 28 that it would support ratification of the treaty if these issues were raised in an exchange of letters . |
| 28 | Some of the beggars knelt in the middle of the pavement , arms raised in an attitude of crucifixion , their rheumy eyes lifted heavenwards like the imploring ecstasies of El Greco saints . |
| 29 | There is no limit on the size of capital that may be raised in an offer for sale by a company coming to the market for the fist time . |
| 30 | Constance had been raised in an atmosphere of intense family solidarity . |