Sentence examples for a significant shot from inspiring English sources

But in Oakland, at least, shutting down the port seems to have given Occupy a significant shot in the arm.

But filling the vacant position is a significant shot in the arm for the ATP and an indication that companies are feeling comfortable enough about their economic prospects to sign long-term sponsorship deals.

If so, this would be a significant shot across the bow of U.S. healthcare insurers.

And now, he's working with James Young Jr. and Charles Ribaudo to prepare for the six-minute presentation that could give their foundling company a significant shot in the arm.

But since you've got to quit for a couple days anyway, a screen like this is usually the perfect opportunity to give quitting a significant shot.

Overeem lands a hard knee to the body, the first significant shot of the fight.

This would be another significant shot between the two companies, which have been running an extended legal battle regarding payments for Qualcomm's technology.

Long, unhurried scenes will unfold, with mumbled, throwaway dialogue, and Franco will have two different frames, left and right: sometimes they will show two differing and significant shots, sometimes hardly more than a fractured version of the same shot.

"Right now for the winter we will have had two significant shots of major Arctic air and we're only through the first week of January," said Maue. "And we had a pretty cold December".

That, suggested McDonnell, made it one of the most significant shots in the development of British golf, because by propelling Palmer towards his first Open, it "set a pattern by which other world-class Americans, who wished to stand comparison, had to follow.

The latter, portrayed by Eric Bogosian, becomes a significant character in "Shot in the Heart".