Sentence examples for bolstering them from inspiring English sources

It's possible, in fact, that the crisis, instead of eroding the reputational advantages of the big banks, ended up bolstering them.

After the 1971 Sylmar earthquake killed dozens at California hospitals, the state introduced strict hospital seismic safety codes, bolstering them in 1994.

"However, we must not engage in a self-defeating effort that displaces greenhouse gas emissions rather than reducing them and displaces U.S. jobs rather than bolstering them".

Those "psychological effects" to which Arsène Wenger had referred when considering the significance of this collision between the Premier League's top two may now be afflicting his Arsenal squad rather than bolstering them.

Mr Hague and Mr Kerry also pledged further backing for Syria's moderate opposition, aimed at bolstering them in the face of rising influence extremists from power in the war-gripped country.

In the dance music world, many parties in the weeks after the election (including a White Material showcase I attended in Brooklyn) donated proceeds to organizations like the ACLU and Planned Parenthood, bolstering them with funds and new supporters.

That has helped to quiet the markets in Europe and bolster them elsewhere.

There was nothing to emulate in Nottingham, they say, no like-minded fellow travellers to bolster them.

Only a real coalition of the U.N., Arab and Muslim states and Europe -- the Bush 41 coalition -- might bolster them.

Ratings were kind of flagging so they thought they'd bring me in (7) to help bolster them.

If he was elected, Mr. Gore said, it wouldn't hurt Mr. Clinton's chances but would bolster them.