Sentence examples for boost relative from inspiring English sources

Boost relative to what?

For most entrants joining the EU gave real output per person a big boost relative to what might have been expected.

Its latest package of tax cuts and government spending, unveiled in early April, will provide the biggest fiscal boost, relative to GDP, of any rich country this year.

Many parents decide to redshirt their children not because they seem particularly immature or young but because they hope that the extra year will give them a boost relative to their peers.

Large caps will enjoy this performance boost relative to the small caps only so long as institutional ownership of the market continues to grow.

While AFRI would see a big boost relative to its estimated FY 2013 budget, so-called formula funds, which are given to land-grant universities, would decline by 1% to $657 million.

Without reform, the economy will continue to suffer from overinvestment in heavy industry, infrastructure and property; state-owned enterprises will siphon wealth from other parts of the economy; and consumption will not grow fast enough to boost the relative importance of light manufacturing and services.

Robust growth should also give governments in emerging Asian economies the confidence to let their currencies rise, which would further boost the relative size of their economies in dollar terms.By 2020 Asia could well produce half of some big Western multinationals' sales and profits, up from a typical proportion of 20-25% today.

Both states have a lot of delegates to win, and are very important states in the general election already, so this would only serve to boost their relative clout within the party.

Our leaf bioassays lasted only 5 days, which could boost survival relative to survival for longer periods required for complete larval development in the field.

So it may be that the prime mitigates the effect of hunger on food choice by either boosting the perception of fruit as more functionally valuable (Veltkamp, Aarts, & Custers, 2008a), or by boosting the relative importance of taste preference in hungry food choice, thus making hungry and non-hungry food choices more similar.