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The Republic of Ireland is expected to raise interest rates.

I want to raise the stakes beyond using Mass. Ave.

But that heat energy, that conversion energy, doesn't raise the temperature of the water vapor or the air, it's just stored in the water vapor.

So why don't the governments just raise tolls and taxes?

For instance, in almost every case thus far, the first thing private companies do is drastically raise user fees because they say, "Oh, we must do critical maintenance that's gone undone for years and years.

Well, to do that, it would have to raise money either by raising taxes or by selling bonds, both of which are politically sensitive.

The high prices encouraged the peasants to improve their animal husbandry techniques; for example, they began feeding their animals indoors in order to raise the milk yield of their cows.

The idea was that trapped greenhouse gases in the atmospheres of Earth and Mars might have caused temperatures to raise enough to compensate for the low heat the young Sun provided.

Well, to do that, it would have to raise money either by raising taxes or by selling bonds, both of which are politically sensitive.

The accident again raises questions about the safety of the plant.

Another flaw of the tiredness theory is that yawning does not raise alertness or physiological activity, as the theory would predict.

And more research might just raise more questions and create more controversies.

So that raises a question, why would a tree produce more anthocyanin just before dropping its leaves?

This raises the matter of a lake’s residence time.

He raised his hand to wave.

When it was performed the first time, a pianist sat on stage at the piano and the only thing he did was raise and lower the lid of the keyboard to indicate the beginning or ending of a movement.

And then it raises its feathers, so it looks like it's got a coat of fur.

If the octopus wants to have a rough texture, it raises the papillae.

To them, being raised to hero status was undemocratic.

No, it's just that...for example, in sociology yesterday, the professor asked a question, so I raised my hand, several of us raised our hands.

He had been consulted and had raised no objections.

The next question that Aristotle raises is: what is happiness?

He set about raising an army.

Well, to do that, it would have to raise money either by raising taxes or by selling bonds, both of which are politically sensitive.

He raises 2,000 acres of wheat and hay.

People began to raise crops and animals for food instead of hunting for them.

Now they did hunt and they also raised cereal crops and kept sheep, but we don’t know why so many of the paintings are of hunting scenes.

We managed to raise him on his mobile phone.

Christians believe that God raised Jesus from the dead.

My mother was an amazing woman. She raised four of us kids virtually singlehandedly.

He raised himself into a sitting position.

I am going to ask for a raise.