Sentence examples for be a fillip for from inspiring English sources

The Daily Mail's Derek Lawrenson argued that it "can only be a fillip for the Europeans".

And it can't be a fillip for the status of Germany's international credibility, based on an image of excellent economic and financial performance.

If Serbia's European hopes were boosted by a Mladic handover, it would be a fillip for the pro-Serbian camp in Montenegro.

The devolved government in Cardiff is convinced that hosting the Nato summit – and the presence of a serving US president on Welsh soil for the first time – will be a fillip for the country.

However, there was a glitch in the vote-counting system, and the electoral authorities though they have let the count continue are not endorsing it until there is a final vote count.A victory for Mr Vega would be a fillip for the leadership of the PAN, which has held the state for 24 years.

Allowing temporary corporation tax deferral would be a fillip for business investment.

The retail appetite for corporate bonds has been a fillip for other cash-strapped European borrowers.

The contract is a fillip for the outsourcing group, which has been dogged by scandals.

The absence of Ferguson was a fillip for Hearts and one that they exploited to telling effect.

The news is a fillip for an airport that has ambitions to expand and is pushing to have its rail connections to London developed.

The figures were a fillip for the retailer after it was criticised for failing to pass on VAT savings at airports to customers.