Sentence examples for if they devoted from inspiring English sources

"I know that the energy industry could create amazing green energy sources if they devoted their minds to it.

I think that a lot of people, if they devoted their life to this kind of thing, could reliably write funny lines.

Paradoxically, that is just what Mr. Kelder said he hoped the Fitnessgram data could show schools: if they devoted more resources to physical fitness, they could see their academic performance improve.

But he added that record companies could drive sales up across the board if they devoted more resources to developing new talent instead of relying on back catalog sales.

They discussed writing a single piece on the attacks, and then realized that if they devoted the entire issue to the events they would be able to give a more complete range of reactions high and low, sacred and profane.

In one standard test, rats placed in a cylinder of water were considered more depressed if they devoted more time to floating, as opposed to paddling.

He suggests a more focused approach: Concede that companies can claim a credit for routine research, but only if they devote 5% of their research budgets to truly innovative projects, in which the development of a product is not assured.

Such a bank would also help loosen the available credit for small businesses, and establish the reliable source of funding entrepreneurs need to know will be there if they devote themselves to green technologies and start ups.

"Grand Illusion" would have been more resonant, if less controversial, had they devoted at least some attention to the historical context in which Giuliani was acting, both before 9/11, when he was preoccupied with trying to reduce crime and stabilize the city's economy, and after, when he was caught up in the emotional swirl of the moment.

Because, indeed, what a contrast it would be if, instead of criminalizing opinion, they devoted themselves to productive labor; if instead of projecting their long shadows over the critics of the system, they let them fall over some lettuce or tomatoes, over the furrows -- now empty -- that they could help to plant.

"Tetley tea!" they chirp over and over again to the tune from The Addams Family - as if they are devoted to a cult and the head of the long-lamented Tetley Tea Folk is their David Koresh.