11.   But they raised the ante for Clinton in the ongoing investigation into the matter by independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr.

12.   But, as with so much of sport today, succeeding teams tend to raise the ante.

13.   D.C. United did that and simultaneously raised the ante in this four-year-old MLS game.

14.   European and Asian financial houses are also raising the ante.

15.   Eventually, the ante is raised as the characters have to make more and more damning decisions about one another.

16.   Ford also raised the ante and demonstrated the force of the trend when it elevated its already big and expensive Expedition into Lincoln territory.

17.   He is the last man to raise the ante at the poker table, and his eyes and lips are not moving.

18.   He raises the ante by sending his middle-aged, middle-class, but otherwise opaque protagonist on a sobering journey.

19.   Higher station prices raised the ante for profitability.

20.   If they want to get into the game, they have to raise their ante.