Example sentences of "to raise [noun] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I HAVE long been impressed by the number of careless references in the Scriptures to the faithful blithely taking it upon themselves to raise houses to the Lord . |
| 2 | One was the ‘ ship money ’ controversy , which was the question of whether or not the King had the authority to raise taxes without the permission of parliament . |
| 3 | I made no protest for the simplest of all reasons — that I shared the Chancellor 's judgment that it was necessary to raise taxes in the Budget . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ The expression ‘ mercantile agent ’ shall mean a mercantile agent having in the customary course of his business as such agent authority either to sell goods or to consign goods for the purpose of sale , or to buy goods , or to raise money on the security of goods . ’ |
| 5 | The present lord carried on the tradition , helping to raise money for the work with a big concert at which the Queen Mother was a special guest . |
| 6 | The disinherited lords themselves were ruined by Edward Balliol 's failure to hold his kingdom : Gilbert de Umfraville , for example , titular Earl of Angus , had had to mortgage a number of his manors to raise money for the invasion of Scotland and he never recovered from the collapse of his cause . |
| 7 | I saw Mrs , and Mrs said they were aiming to raise money for the scanner appeal . |
| 8 | They covered ‘ Getting Better ’ on the LP to raise money for the charity , Childline . |
| 9 | British Rail has allowed several mainline stations to be used as venues for the event , to raise money for the charity Buskaid , which aims to take classical music to the children of South African townships . |
| 10 | The former Olympic hero , now MP for Falmouth and Camborne , will run to raise money for the charity of which he is chairman , ADT Healthquest . |
| 11 | This year 's run was on a sunny Sunday in early April and a record number of JM runners took part to raise money for the Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund . |
| 12 | Put your best foot forward and walk all or part of a 25 mile route from London to Ware in Hertfordshire to raise money for the Heart Research Charity . |
| 13 | Thank you to Pauline Kenward for organising this particular scheme to raise money for the Society . |
| 14 | Thank you to Pauline Kenward for organising this particular scheme to raise money for the Society . |
| 15 | Regulars from several Hartlepool pubs are due to gather in the Park Hotel today for a 12-hour charity quiz to raise money for the Telethon appeal . |
| 16 | At this event it is planned to raise money for the Octagon Club . |
| 17 | In 1810 the Factory bought the piece of land and opened a fund to raise money for the building of a church . |
| 18 | My grandfather would tell how he and some village musicians persuaded a local sympathiser to part with a lorry with which they toured round Scotland to raise money for the village . |
| 19 | A dance will be held in Eppleby on Saturday night to raise money for the village hall funds . |
| 20 | The organisers are planning a ‘ model hot air balloon competition ’ and are asking entrants to get their entries sponsored to raise money for the development of water supplies in Third World villages . |
| 21 | When the king next had to raise money for the duchy of Normandy in 1096 , he seems to have been satisfied with Anselm 's offer : at least we hear no complaint . |
| 22 | She visited the sick , made gifts for the poor , and ran bazaars to raise money for the church . |
| 23 | A group of young people from Park End plan a sponsored walk to raise money for the church tower fund in North Ormesby . |
| 24 | Secondly , the prerogative power to defend the realm in face of an emergency was used to raise money for the navy . |
| 25 | She went along because she did n't like to say no , but also she thought she might meet more people and get involved with the community : ‘ I really enjoyed it , we had a sponsored walk along the canal towpath and pub socials to raise money for the event , plus lots of committee meetings . |
| 26 | A table top sale will be held in the village hall on Friday at 7pm to raise money for the adventure playground . |
| 27 | The exhibition will include paintings , drawings , photography , prints , pottery and ceramics , sculpture and woodcarving , calligraphy and collage , and aims to raise money for the Education Centre and the Community Trust . |
| 28 | School uniform , a build-up of service to charities , a development of sponsored activities by pupils to raise money for the school itself — each of these was part of the armoury of management . |
| 29 | YOUNGSTERS at a Darlington school exchanged their uniforms for casual clothes to raise money for the RSPCA . |
| 30 | Children had erm er craft erm stall and a cake stall to raise money for the Christmas party Father Christmas so it does n't come out of |