Example sentences of "[modal v] raise [adv] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Making non-exempt dental patients pay in full for treatment could raise nearly £200m a year ; so could charges of £10 a day for stays in hospital . |
| 2 | General Motors Corp may need to sell a stake in Electronic Data Systems Corp in order to overcome a $14,000m worldwide pension obligation , industry analysts told Reuter : chief financial officer Richard Wagoner said the automaker plans to make a ‘ significant contribution ’ into its pension fund this year and next year , and over the next six or seven years , hopes to eliminate its pension fund liability completely ; analysts say it could raise almost $5,000m by selling a 25% stake in the computer services giant , and Lehman Brothers automotive analyst Joseph Phillippi said he expects it either to sell a stake or return to the equity markets ; officials from both the General and British Telecommunications Plc say that any deal for the UK phone giant to buy a stake in EDS is far from certain . |
| 3 | But this would raise only £1 million a year — nothing like enough to break even . |
| 4 | Raffles — Discos — Barn Dance — Cheese and Wine — Sponsored Swim — Slim — Ball Bounce — Filling a jar with coins under 10p — Coffee Mornings — Cake Stall — If every teacher pledged herself to raising among her classes just £20 between September 1984–85 we would raise almost £3,000 . |
| 5 | The disposal of a minority stake would raise about £17 million . |
| 6 | The share placing will raise about £15m . |