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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a spur to develop" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate something that motivates or encourages development or progress in a particular area.
Example: "The new funding was a spur to develop innovative solutions for the community's challenges."
Alternatives: "a catalyst for development" or "an incentive to grow".
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The first world war was a spur to develop treatment of spinal injuries in the UK too.
The problems that create the most anxious for women when wearing shoes are those little annoying lumps and bumps such as bunions, hammer toes and spurs that develop over a long period of time on the foot.
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Though it does little to promote democracy, China is proving a spur to economic liberalisation in other developing countries: fear that its growth will steal their markets or investment is prompting others to copy its reforms and to adopt international trade rules by joining the WTO.
Moreover, the significance of transportation cost and customer satisfaction spurs an interest to develop a flexible network design model.
But a new study suggests that sperm do more than deliver DNA and spur an egg to develop.
The approach could help researchers study mammalian sperm development more directly, and it could spur efforts to develop treatments for male infertility in people.
But history suggests that these new defensive mechanisms will spur attackers to develop more sophisticated tools of their own.
In 2012, Congress passed legislation that could spur companies to develop new drugs by giving priority to new antibiotic applications and extending the period when antibiotics are on the market without a generic version.
Buchanan says she hopes the findings will spur researchers to develop systems for profiling criminals and diagnosing diseases without surgery.
Only problem is, that profit comes from taxpayer money -- money that was meant to spur banks to develop communities and help small businesses.
Working with Fabiano a decade ago spurred Lloyd-Maddocks to develop a website and advertise in publications catering to the music industry.
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