Sentence examples for boosting the numbers from inspiring English sources

China's aim in boosting the numbers was to help Hong Kong's service industries.

The government has vowed to start boosting the numbers, to 16,000, from this year, but some observers are sceptical about the promise.

Boosting the numbers is all very well if you're looking for a UN seal of approval, but it's not show business – one of the citadels of organised unfairness, in which personality and popularity invariably crush political correctness.

Boosting the numbers of women in science and technology is critical, not just for equality's sake but also for economic growth: Britain faces an annual shortfall of around 40,000 Stem graduates.

A new report from the International Crisis Group (ICG), a think-tank, notes that he has brought in fresh troops and commanders from other parts of Thailand and is boosting the numbers of locally recruited paramilitary rangers.

Previous research has shown that people are staying on antidepressants for increasingly lengthy periods, boosting the numbers of prescriptions, while the number of first time prescriptions has remained fairly stable or even shown a slight drop.

Meanwhile, globalisation is boosting the number of bilinguals.

In addition, Irish immigration was boosting the number of Catholics in the west of Scotland.

Boosting the number of women working as engineers will play a huge part in changing this.

As well as a new look, the paper is boosting the number of its foreign correspondents.

A higher education initiative, including a campus boosting the number of students in the city, is also on the cards.