1.   And these are free agents, the players who, in the past, counted on substantial raises when free agency arrived.

2.   At the same time, pilots at other airlines negotiated substantial raises.

3.   But he said that until the city negotiated a new contract for teachers that included substantial raises, it would not be able to find enough homegrown recruits.

4.   He left New Mexico for a substantial raise and a golden opportunity to rebuild at TCU and now his old school has eloped with prom queens BYU and Utah.

5.   His option to become an unrestricted free agent after the season simply means the Celtics will be able to give him a substantial raise to make sure he stays.

6.   Principals have been skeptical of merit pay and agreed to it reluctantly as a condition for getting a substantial raise in their last contract.

7.   Reichling was offered a substantial raise, a better title and the use of a Lincoln Town Car.

8.   She received a substantial raise six months after we hired her.

9.   The five-year contract that was offered to him included a substantial raise and improvements to Foley Field.

10.   The strikers returned to work after the board agreed, in March, to a new contract giving teachers smaller classes and a substantial raise.