11.   And we have to raise the bar.

12.   And where the Constitution is silent, it raises no bar to action by the states or the people.

13.   And whether or not this is the best car on the planet, it raises the bar for auto makers everywhere.

14.   Any award show tends toward self-congratulation and smugness but this one raised the bar to new heights.

15.   Are you disgusted by multimillionaire ballplayers complaining about their contracts because the bar was raised last winter with the signings of Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez?

16.   As the big-ticket names have reached higher plateaus in pay, the bar has been raised for other actors, thus increasing budgets overall.

17.   Audiences have read it all, and in the process raised the bar of expectations.

18.   Being a starter, however, has raised the bar of expectation.

19.   Blue Gene, with a million processors, will raise the bar enormously.

20.   Above all, what the EPA ruling will do is raise the bar for meeting air pollution standards to a qualitatively higher level.