Sentence examples for fillip between from inspiring English sources

(A bleating fillip between phrases should have been the giveaway, pointing to Mr. Rollins's 1958 recording of the tune).

David Cameron, the British prime minister, said the deal would inject £1.3 billion, or about $2.1 billion, into Britain's economy, increase exports to Canada by about a third, create thousands of jobs, and give a fillip to the negotiations for a deal between the Europe and the United States.

The perception of a link between gin and glamorous living received another fillip in the jazz age.

That wicket, taken with the new ball half an hour before the close, was a fillip for Sri Lanka, but a quick-fire stand of 40 between Prior and Stuart Broad at the end of the day ensured Strauss will sleep easier than his opposite number Tillakaratne Dilshan.

These were already given a much-needed fillip in February, when the French state agreed to a share-swap between Crédit Lyonnais and the defence arm of Thomson, a state-owned electronics firm.

It may also be a great fillip for alternative systems of assessment, such as the International Baccalaureate, a compromise between the specialisation required in some national systems and the breadth preferred by others.

He also suggested a fillip.

But Whedon adds a noteworthy fillip.

That gave Congress a much-needed fillip.

But it was above all Margaret Thatcher who sank her party north of the border, providing a bigger fillip to the nationalist cause than William Wallace and Mel Gibson combined.Between 1979 and 1981 Scotland lost a fifth of its workforce.

What a fillip for the disabled!