Sentence examples for chief spur from inspiring English sources

Yet the loans will end next year, leaving housebuilders to rely on rising prices as the chief spur for investment.

The chief spur to reading may be that we want to know what happens next, but it would be a poor and unsatisfying novel that merely hurried us forward in this way.

Mitt Romney's choice of Michael O. Leavitt as his transition chief has spurred loud opposition from some conservatives over Mr. Leavitt's support of a crucial part of President Obama's health care plan.

Evidence in a wrongful termination lawsuit by a former Sands China chief executive spurred the probes.

The 30-year-old was confirmed as full-time successor to Dean Holdsworth, who left for League Two Aldershot in January, on Friday after a personal recommendation to County chiefs from Spurs boss Harry Redknapp.

Academic snobs say such places hardly rank with MIT or Princeton, where Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve's chief, earned his spurs.

Around this time, Juan Gonzalez, the police chief of San Juan, Texas, spurred by the region's rash of migrant kidnappings, formed the Rio Grande Valley's first stash-house unit.

"He's on big, big wages at Real Madrid," said Redknapp, who revealed Diarra's agent had been in contact with Spurs' chief scout.

It's not as if United's interest gave him an effective bargaining chip with Tottenham's chief executive, Daniel Levy: Spurs did not buy any players during the January transfer window.

In July we held negotiations with the Spurs' chief executive, calling on the club to contribute £100m for improvements to existing housing and community facilities in the neighbourhoods adjacent to the ground.

He watches English football on cable TV whenever he can, is an avid listener of the Guardian's weekly football podcast and has also forged some close friendships with leading figures in the English game, including Spurs' chief executive, Damien Comolli.