raise - use in sentences

Object

  • awareness: Tools Appeal The event was also used to raise awareness for the group's Tools Appeal.
  • money: Charlie is busy trying to raise the money to buy a hop garden.
  • profile: How to raise the profile of your small business Posted July 3, 2006 NB!
  • question: People still raise the question of why we hunt.
  • issue: Your card issuer will then raise the issue with the ATM owner on your behalf.

Preposition: over

  • pound: Organizers hope to stage the event on 22 Jan, and could raise over a million pounds.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • around: They hope to raise around £ 2,000 for his parents ' chosen charity, Yorkshire Air Ambulance who attended the scene of the accident.

Modifies a noun

  • awareness: Shell participated in the HSE pilot scheme, which we believe, helps raise awareness across various business sectors.

Adjective complement

  • more: They raised more than $ 40,000 in 18 months for the charity, which grants wishes for children with life-threatening diseases.

Used with why or when

  • when: These issues should at least be raised when reporting the research.

Present participle complement

  • deck: Large back garden with lawn and trampoline for children to use ( at own risk ) pleasant raised decking area to sit on.

Preposition: in

  • excess: Between them they have raised in excess of £ 600.

Preposition: from

  • dead: The scene of Lazarus being raised from the dead.

Preposition: by

  • subscription: The pillar, which contains a stairway, was raised by public subscription.

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