Sentence examples for it was fillip from inspiring English sources

Susan Stewart, former director of communications at Yes Scotland and Scotland's first diplomat to the United States from 2001-05, says: "It was fillip for the no campaign, and I was disturbed by the knee-jerk anti-Americanism from a minority on the yes side, but I don't think it's particularly significant in terms of how Scots will vote".

There were those who thought that it was a fillip to see someone demonstrate such out-and-out passion while playing for their country.

It is a fillip to Tottenham as they try to find a new home or develop the area around White Hart Lane, but their chances of eventually taking tenancy of the stadium are still distant.

It's a fillip for anyone who believes in the craft of writing, that practice brings you closer to perfection and that experience and age can be as important as youthful exuberance.

It was also a timely fillip to a nation starved of top-class cricket during the war years.

It was witty, with a fillip of transgression, when Amy Winehouse sang, "They tried to make me go to rehab/I said no, no, no" on her album "Back to Black," which was originally released in 2006 and has brought her six Grammy Award nominations, including Album of the Year.

The 67-year-old took over a national team of high expectation and low achievement when it was desperately in need of a fillip.

The figures were a fillip for the retailer after it was criticised for failing to pass on VAT savings at airports to customers.

It is also a fillip for global efforts to combat climate change.

"It is a huge fillip for us but we know Barcelona will be a totally different game.

It is a timely fillip for Newcastle with Ferguson out of action until possibly the end of March, after surgery on his groin this week, and the purchase of Milan's Ibrahim Bahaving fallen through.