Sentence examples for initial impetus from inspiring English sources

Who, then, had provided the initial impetus for Amis to take an interest in literature?

This is the initial impetus that drove me to undertake media work.

Lust is triggered by testosterone and gives an initial impetus to find a partner.

Resources like Mr. Torrone's magazine and its Web site, www.makezine.com, give people the initial impetus to build things.

Buttler provided the initial impetus but Root, who had looked in beautiful touch from the start of his innings, was far from eclipsed.

The initial impetus for his ouster came from the Bronfman family, which, after the Seagram deal, had become Vivendi's largest shareholder.

The initial impetus was news that rival Mittal had increased its hostile bid for Arcelor by a third to €25.8bn (£17bn).

This gave the initial impetus to a schools reform movement which really got under way at a summit held in1989 between President Bush and the state governors.

The initial impetus for the increasing isolation of American government institutions abroad was Al Qaeda's bombings of American embassies in east Africa.

It might also be worth noting that, unusually for an actor, Carlyle's initial impetus came from reading a play, and not from watching another actor perform.

"The initial impetus came from the city asking us to help out in terms of purchasing and redeveloping those properties," said Mr. Greene.