lift
frames
lift.01 "cause increase in elevation":
lift.02 "acquire stealthily, remove":
lift.01 sub-ARG0 obj-ARG1
- The federal government suspended sales of U.S. savings bonds because [ARG0 Congress] has [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel lifted] [ARG1 the ceiling on government debt] .
- [ARG0 Legislation] 0 *T*-1 to [rel lift] [ARG1 the debt ceiling] is ensnarled *-11 in the fight over * cutting capital-gains taxes .
- Mrs. Yeargin says that [ARG0 she] also wanted *-1 to help *-2 [rel lift] [ARG1 Greenville High School 's overall test scores , usually near the bottom of 14 district high schools in rankings carried * annually by local newspapers] .
- The Treasury said 0 it plans *-1 to sell $ 30 billion *U* in notes and bonds next week , but said 0 the auctions will be postponed *-105 unless [ARG0 Congress] acts quickly *-2 to [rel lift] [ARG1 the federal debt ceiling] .
- Although the Treasury is expected *-1 to announce details of its November quarterly refunding operation today , the Nov. 79 schedule could be delayed *-2 unless [ARG0 Congress and the president] act soon *-4 to [rel lift] [ARG1 the nation 's debt ceiling] .
- Analysts say 0 [ARG0 rallies in the group] [ARGM-TMP historically] have [rel lifted] [ARG1 the market] , [ARGM-ADV while weakness in the sector often sank unlisted share prices broadly] .
- The other is that [ARG0 he] 's an Oakland native , and [rel lifted] [ARG1 residents ' spirits] [ARGM-MNR by his visits to quake-hit areas last week] .
- Economists said 0 [ARG0 greatly increased consumer optimism , a larger money supply and higher stock prices] helped *-1 [rel lift] [ARG1 the index] .
- Time 0 * to relax and enjoy ourselves *T*-1 is always taken *-2 up by something 0 *T*-3 to do with football -LRB- meetings , [ARG0 *] [rel lifting] [ARG1 weights] , conditioning or films -RRB- .
- [ARGM-ADV *-1 Ready , Willing and Unable] [ARG0 I] [ARGM-TMP always] [rel lift] [ARG1 the hood] [ARGM-TMP When my car does n't start *T*-2] ; If gadgets at home do n't work I coolly take them apart .
- Mr. Gillett is said *-1 to be proud of his operating record ; [ARG0 he] has [rel lifted] [ARG1 some stations ' ratings] and turned around a Detroit station .
- [ARG0 Giant yellow cranes] were wheeled up alongside the collapsed segment , *-1 preparing *-2 to [rel lift] [ARGM-DIR off] [ARG1 chunks of the debris] .
- [ARG0 ABC Sports] was looking for [ARGM-MNR ways] 0 * to [rel lift] [ARG1 deflated halftime ratings for `` Monday Night Football] *T*-1 . ''
lift.01 sub-ARG0 NP-ARG4-to obj-ARG1
- [ARG0 The bill vetoed * by the president in June , which the House failed *-1 to override *T*-2 ,] [ARGM-MOD would] have [rel lifted] [ARG1 the minimum wage] to [ARG4-to $ 4.55 *U* an hour] [ARGM-TMP by late 1991] , [ARGM-MNR with a training wage for up to two months , generally for a worker 's first job] .
- Administration pressure discourages any effort * to add to total funding , and [ARG0 the Senate changes] are expected *-1 to be largely technical -- *-3 dealing with highway aid and [rel lifting] [ARG1 the ceiling on total Small Business Administration loans] to [ARG4-to $ 1.8 billion *U*] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to accommodate the increased activity expected *] .
- [ARGM-TMP On a single day] [ARG0 Inco] [rel lifted] [ARG1 its offer] to $ 38 *U* and [ARGM-TMP then] to [ARG4-to $ 41 *U* , equal to $ 225.5 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP On a single day] [ARG0 Inco] [rel lifted] [ARG1 its offer] to [ARG4-to $ 38 *U*] and [ARGM-TMP then] to [ARG4-to $ 41 *U* , equal to $ 225.5 million *U*] .
- But [ARG0 Ford] , Jaguar 's biggest shareholder since * [rel lifting] [ARG1 its stake] to [ARG4-to 10.4 %] [ARGM-TMP this week] , is pressing harder for talks with Sir John .
lift.01 sub-ARG0 obj-ARG1 obj-ARG2-EXT
- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce , *-1 still opposed to any mininum-wage increase , said 0 the compromise plan [ARG0 *] to [rel lift] [ARG1 the wage floor] [ARG2-EXT 27 %] [ARGM-MNR in two stages] [ARGM-TMP between April 1990 and April 1991] `` will be impossible for many employers to accommodate and will result in the elimination of jobs for American workers and higher prices for American consumers .
- *-2 Seeing new office buildings sprout up and its sales soar , Daikin is building [ARG0 another plant] , which *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD will] [rel lift] [ARG1 its production capacity] [ARG2-EXT 50 %] .
lift.01 sub-ARG0 NP-ARG2-from obj-ARG1
- [ARG0 Atlantis] [rel lifted] [ARG1 Galileo] from [ARG2-from the launch pad] [ARGM-TMP at 12:54 p.m. EDT] and released the craft from its cargo bay about six hours later .
lift.01 DT-ARG0 obj-ARG1
- By [ARG0 *-1] [rel lifting] [ARG1 ethylene production] , the expansion will also lower the company 's raw material costs .
lift.01 sub-ARG0 NP-ARG2-EXT obj-ARG1
- [ARG0 Our pilot] simply laughed , fired up the burner and [ARGM-MNR with another blast of flame] [rel lifted] [ARG1 us] , oh , [ARG2-EXT a good 12-inches] [ARGM-LOC above the water level] .
lift.01 sub-ARG0 NP-ARG4-into PP_of-ARG3-out obj-ARG1
- At about 10:40 a.m. EDT , [ARG0 several big buy orders] hit the S&P pit simultaneously , *-2 [rel lifting] [ARG1 the futures] [ARGM-DIR up] out [ARG3-out of the trading limit] and [ARGM-TMP eventually] into [ARG4-into ranges that *T*-1 caused computer-driven program buying of stocks] .
lift.01 sub-ARG0 PP_as-ARG1
- [ARGM-TMP In the decade since the communist nation emerged from isolation] , [ARG0 its burgeoning trade with the West] has [rel lifted] [ARG1 Hong Kong 's status] as a regional business center .
lift.01 NP-ARG4-to NP-ARG3-from obj-ARG1
- But the San Francisco delegation finds itself asking that [ARG1 the cap per household] be [rel lifted] *-1 to [ARG4-to $ 500,000 *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 100,000 *U*] [ARGM-PNC * to assist the hard hit but often wealthy Marina district] .
lift.01 sub-ARG0 PP_of-ARG3-out obj-ARG1
- And [ARG0 the Treasury 's $ 17.6 billion *U* auction of short-term bills , which *T*-1 generated strong buying interest ,] helped *-2 to [rel lift] [ARG1 the bond market] out [ARG3-out of the doldrums] .
lift.01 NP-ARG4-to obj-ARG1
- [ARG1 The ceiling] [ARGM-MOD would] be [rel lifted] *-1 to [ARG4-to 21.5 million barrels] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to provide Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates much higher official quotas while *-2 reducing percentage shares of some others] .
lift.02 sub-ARG0 obj-ARG1
- Thousands of East Germans fled to Czechoslovakia after [ARG0 the East Berlin government] [rel lifted] [ARG1 travel restrictions] .
- Ford , which *T*-64 already has an unwelcome 13.2 % holding , is prepared *-1 to bid for the entire company and had lobbied [ARG0 the government] to [rel lift] [ARG1 the takeover restrictions] [ARGM-TMP early] .
- The statement emphasized that [ARG0 holders representing 75 % of the shares voting at a special shareholders ' meeting] must agree *-1 to [rel lift] [ARG1 the takeover restrictions] .
- Jaguar was shocked *-44 by Mr. Ridley 's decision , because management had believed 0 [ARG0 the government] [ARGM-MOD would] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel lift] [ARG1 the golden share] [ARGM-ADV without *-1 consulting the company first] .
- Sea Containers said 0 the offer will proceed after [ARG0 the Bermuda Supreme Court] [rel lifts] or modifies [ARG1 an interim injunction restraining the company from *-1 buying its shares] .
- [ARG0 Israel 's army] [rel lifted] [ARG1 a blockade around a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank] , [ARGM-ADV * ending a 42-day campaign of * seizing cars , furniture and other goods * to crush a tax boycott] .
- As a police helicopter circled overhead , Mr. Sisulu repeated the ANC 's demands *ICH*-1 on [ARG0 the government] * to create a climate for negotiations : * Release all political prisoners unconditionally ; * [rel lift] [ARG1 all bans and restrictions on individuals and organizations] ; * remove all troops from the black townships ; * end the state of emergency , and * cease all political trials and political executions .
- A successful vote would put pressure *ICH*-1 on [ARG0 the British government] * to [rel lift] [ARG1 the restriction] .
- As * recounted *-4 in a stipulation that *T*-1 summarized government documents released * for the North trial , [ARG0 Mr. Noriega] offered *-2 to assassinate the Sandinista leadership in exchange `` for a promise * to help *-3 clean up Noriega 's image and a commitment * to [rel lift] [ARG1 the -LCB- U.S. . -RCB- ban on military sales to the Panamanian Defense Forces] . ''
lift.02 obj-ARG1
- [ARG1 A rule forbidding staffers *-1 to own competitors ' cars] has been [rel lifted] *-216 , and now many designers drive foreign cars *-2 to get useful ideas .
- It *EXP*-2 is n't yet clear whether [ARG1 the 200-ruble limit] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel lifted] *-3 .
- Dealers said 0 the market did n't react substantially to Ford Motor Co. 's disclosure *ICH*-2 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it will seek 100 % of Jaguar 's shares outstanding [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 U.K. government share regulations] are [rel lifted] *-1 [ARGM-TMP at the end of next year] *T*-3 .
- Ford Motor Co. intensified its battle with General Motors Corp. over Jaguar PLC by *-2 saying 0 it is prepared *-3 to make a bid for all of the British auto maker [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 restrictions on its shareholding] are [rel lifted] *-1 *T*-4 .
- The suit , filed * in federal court in Manhattan , also asks that [ARG1 the Comex 's nine-month suspension of Mr. Semel] be [rel lifted] *-1 , [ARGM-TMP pending the broker 's appeal of the disciplinary measures] .
lift.02 sub-ARG0 NP-ARG2-from obj-ARG1
- All this was recognized and documented *-1 in the succeeding years by economists , [ARG0 some of whom] *T*-2 worked in the Reagan administration *-3 to [rel lift] [ARG1 this burden] from [ARG2-from the American people , states and local governments] .
- [ARGM-TMP The time] *ICH*-2 is now 0 [ARG0 *] to [rel lift] [ARG1 the burdensome Social Security earnings limit] from [ARG2-from the backs of our nation 's seniors] *T*-1 .
lift.02 sub-ARG1
- `` It 's never really been tested *-1 , '' says *T*-2 William Lilley III , who as a top CBS executive *T*-3 spent years *-4 lobbying * to have [ARG1 the rules] [rel lifted] .
lift.02 PP_on-ARG9 obj-ARG1
- Congress 's ham-handed treatment of the existing structure of junk-bond holdings reminds us of a story in the Journal earlier this year about the Baby Bell companies ' desire * to have [ARG1 the court-ordered bans *ICH*-2] [rel lifted] *-1 [ARG9 on * offering information services] .