Sentence examples for as impetus from inspiring English sources

This year, the youth obesity crisis has served as impetus for change.

Today's anniversary should be seen as impetus for action in Congress.

So use the drought as impetus for some serious composting this summer.

He used his own unhappy childhood and his experiences as a gay man who was closeted for a time as impetus for his books.

And German officials portrayed the threat by Standard & Poor's as impetus for leaders to make a deal to rescue the euro.

In 2002, the city limited parking permits to four, and news accounts cited neighbors' outrage at Mr. Kendrick as impetus for the change.

The very acts of donor engagement and inquiry serve as impetuses to change [ 32].

One bullish analyst was Eric Schmidt of SG Cowen; the announcement, he said, "will serve as an impetus to new collaborations, as Celera has clearly demonstrated its capabilities".

At Kering, sustainability is not seen as a constraint but as an impetus to improve performance in all areas.

By the early twentieth century, there was another impetus as well: national prestige.

The concept of impetus, as used by Hobbes, is defined in terms of this physical conatus.