11.  Some important issues were raised at the meeting.

12.  Some were raised in confirmation hearings.

13.  Substantial sums of money are raised for charity by show-biz football teams.

14.  The blocks are raised by means of pulleys.

15.  The children were raised by deaf mutes.

16.  The money for the Christmas lights was raised by a group of local shopkeepers, who want to attract shoppers to the area.

17.  The sum was raised at a model aircraft flying display that was all but washed out through appalling weather.