Sentence examples for encouraged several from inspiring English sources

As a teacher at Borough Polytechnic, a public college in South London, from 1945 to 1953, he encouraged several artists who later rose to prominence.

Late last year, Bloomberg encouraged several public figures, including Hillary Clinton and the real-estate developer and publisher Mortimer Zuckerman, to run for mayor; they declined.

Walton, who was married briefly in her twenties, has no children, and she has encouraged several of her nephews and nieces to develop an interest in art.

The small size of the Swedish market encouraged several of the country's retailers to move overseas as early as the 1970s.

But that didn't end Syria's support for terrorism: it continued to host groups that launched attacks from outside Syria and encouraged several to use Lebanon as a base.

As editor of a series of cultural supplements to Mexican newspapers, Mr. Benitez encouraged several important writers, including Carlos Monsivais, Jose Emilio Pacheco and Elena Poniatowska, early in their careers.

The growing allure of contextual targeting online is encouraging several TV networks to look into offering their own versions.

The new system is also designed to encourage several teams, especially the three new ones: Virgin, Lotus and Hispania.

The agreement gives Verizon the go-ahead to begin an aggressive buyout program aimed at encouraging several thousand unionized workers to retire.

Outside the gambling industry, the key game-changer right now appears to be social: witness how Facebook is encouraging several industries to adopt its idea of frictionless sharing.

As part of its sweeping plan to purge banks of troublesome assets, the Obama administration is encouraging several large investment companies to create the financial-crisis equivalent of war bonds: bailout funds.