Sentence examples for prompted to devote from inspiring English sources

The defense secretary, Donald H. Rumsfeld, was prompted to devote an hour-long news conference to the subject on Tuesday.

It was her own ascent of Denali in 2001 that prompted Taniguchi to devote her life to climbing mountains.

Dr. Sarton is 68, was born in Ghent, went to the university there and took a doctorate in mathematics but enthusiasm for Leonardo prompted him to devote his life to history of science.

It argues that a rise in property prices simply prompts banks to devote more resources to mortgages and less to other loans (see chart).

His longtime business partner Biggie Garagnani died in June 1967, prompting Musial to devote more time to managing his restaurant and other business interests.

The infection prompted Mr. Cover to devote himself to advocacy for AIDS patients.

Those challenges, experts said, prompted the Department of Health and Human Services to devote $24.9 million over 18 months to help San Diego-based Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc. accelerate production.

The declaration will trigger drug makers to speed up production of a swine flu vaccine — expected to take a minimum of 4 to 6 months — and prompt governments to devote more money to containing the virus.

For keas, neither inhibition nor speed may be of major importance; rather, the extreme neophilia and the intense play behaviour of keas may lead to exactly the opposite pattern and prompt them to devote more time to object manipulation and exploration.

The high damage caused by Hurricane Carol and other hurricanes in 1954 prompted the United States government to devote research to set up the National Hurricane Research Project.

Warren Zevon (2002): The singer's terminal cancer diagnosis in 2002 prompted Letterman, a longtime fan of his music, to devote an entire program to Zevon.