1.   A year ago, it was reported that Sanders received large raises from Sega and Nike for moving from the Atlanta Falcons to San Francisco.

2.   Officials on both sides of the negotiations said that the referees were seeking a large raise, as much as two to four times their current pay.

3.   She was due for a large incremental raise in a few weeks.

4.   Teachers, feeling left behind by the economic boom and emboldened by the teacher shortage, are pushing for large raises.

5.   Tens of thousands of union members who just a few months ago were expecting large raises find themselves fighting demands to accept pay freezes.

6.   The owners want to abolish arbitration, which sometimes results in large raises even for players who lose their hearings.

7.   They are demanding large raises to match the pay of more privileged white civil servants.

8.   They complained that management received large raises while rank-and-file workers were laid off.

9.   Union officials insist that the best way to attract enough teachers is a large across-the-board raise, which would make the system competitive with suburban districts.

10.   And many public employees are angry because some workers, such as nurses and teachers, were granted large raises while others were not.