What would boost their chances of success?
Lambert, Lallana and Rodriguez (twice) all scored to boost their chances of a jaunt to Brazil.
Cottonwoods, like all desert plants, have developed adaptive features to boost their chances of survival.
Sonia Gandhi and her son, Rahul, from the family dynasty behind the ruling Congress party, think the gesture will boost their chances in the general election next year.
And his AK Party members want him to lead them into November's parliamentary elections to boost their chances of maintaining their huge majority.
And those are just the students who did well enough on both tests to believe their scores would boost their chances.
Wet weather is forecast for Sunday and both the McLaren drivers will be hoping for a rain-interrupted race to boost their chances of moving up the order.
Celta's victory took them above Athletic Bilbao, who lost 2-1 at Espanyol, into the top six to boost their chances of European football next season.
US Democrats, reeling from losses in the midterm elections, are turning to a former Republican media hitman to boost their chances of taking the White House in 2016.
Some residents have speculated that presidential hopefuls seeking to replace Johnson Sirleaf when her final term expires in 2017 are using black magic to boost their chances.
As de Grunwald has noted, "there is a great deal 2012 jobseekers can do to boost their chances of finding employment.
