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Back in May the government bumped up against that limit, but various accounting dodges have been used to keep funds flowing.

Higher prices are now percolating through the economy: last month Starbucks bumped up the price of a whipped-cream Frappuccino by about 6%.

It has bumped up the earnings of U. S. multinationals, because profits earned overseas in other currencies buy more dollars.

its numbers should be bumped up and a sea lane that can be properly monitored should be defined.

For instance, a major survey of North American reptiles has bumped up the region's Red List reptile species to a total of 738.

That bumped up the amount raised in the IPO to $20. 8 billion, from the $19. 2 billion the bank raised prior to listing.

Robby ray: Now don't you stop boy. That silly puppy dog face don't work on me anymore. Besides, I just bumped up your curfew last month.

Others, more cynical, say this figure was bumped up so that it would be higher than those killed in the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004.

We bumped up and down along the gravel path.

Maybe we could get him bumped up a few spots up on the transplant list.

As they expanded their empire they bumped up against the Germanic peoples.

Lithography toolmakers had bumped up against numerous obstacles in making a machine that radiates wavelengths of 157 nanometers.

Maybe the phone bumped up against something in a purse or briefcase, or rubbed up against a seat belt.

The Goodwood plant currently employs 750 workers, but that number will be bumped up to 900 by year's end.

I bumped up my one or two weekly gym visits to a solid three or four.

Each of the military's six trucking contracts was bumped up to $360m, or a total of nearly $2. 2bn.

Most saw their shares rise last week as the deal bumped up port valuations worldwide.

As soon as I began looking into the etymology of stutter I bumped up against its synonym stammer.

By excluding the less efficient public sector, America's productivity growth is bumped up.

But with big projects off-limits, lesser banks have bumped up lending to smaller, riskier firms.

And some more good news, for now at least, is that cell phones haven't bumped up brain tumor rates.

However, he also bumped up spending on schools, pensions, and health care.

The figure was bumped up by increased costs in raw materials and labor.

The purchasing power of workers in China receiving newly bumped-up wages is pushing up prices of goods there.

To address this issue, the default values of minfree and maxfree were bumped up in AIX Version 5. 3 to 960 and 1088, respectively.

The fast-food giant also bumped up its full-year outlook.

The boy's laziness and rudeness bumped up his teacher.

Two days before Christmas Rio bumped up its offer for the firm to $3. 9 billion.

I want it bumped up to next month.

In the study, subjects bumped up their protein intake to 30 percent and reduced their fat intake to 20 percent.

The software and services giant bumped up its dividend to $2. 9 billion in 2009 from $2. 6 billion in 2008.