Sentence examples for fillip given from inspiring English sources

The World Cup winner's reward, pilfered with a near-post header from Emerson Palmieri's centre, will be a fillip given that Álvaro Morata has flickered back into life of late.

Less defensively – and despite the undoubted fillip given to the Protestant cause by the Gunpowder Plot the following year – James saw his mission as keeping religious (and literal) peace in Europe, by bringing the warring factions of the Christian confession together.

And in a war of perceptions, it undeniably handed the Taliban a propaganda victory.Leaving captured territory is controversial because, in addition to the fillip it gives the Taliban, it can also mean abandoning friendly local Afghans.

Almost every medium was given a fillip by industry.

In God's good time, this movement might be given a fillip by a royal patron.

Russia has benefited from high oil prices, and Latin American economies have been given a fillip by rising commodity prices.

Plain dresses, given a fillip with epaulettes disembodied from the traditional trench coat, might be good for the boardroom.

Aid has also strengthened institutions such as parliament, has given a fillip to civil society and has helped facilitate elections.

Catalan separatists also think Mr Cameron was right to say that, if he had not agreed to a referendum, Scottish separatism would have been given a fillip.

Exult's marketing success (its revenues are rising sharply, although it loses money) have given a fillip to "business process outsourcing" (BPO).Some of this is old hat.

The new British government's acceptance of the "social chapter" of the Maastricht treaty has given a fillip to those eager to level regulation up, not down.