Sentence examples for served to boost from inspiring English sources

It is an irony that his conviction once served to boost Mr Ma's own political prospects, when he was contesting the presidential election in 2008.

The uproar only served to boost ticket sales, and the concert was due to go ahead on April 29th, after Ms Clarkson issued a statement saying she was unaware of the sponsorship arrangement and was personally opposed to smoking.

The normalization of Cuban-U.S. relations served to boost foreign travel and increase foreign exchange earnings from tourism, which generated in excess of $2 billion in 2015 and provided employment for some 120,000 Cubans.

However, the prospect of more monetary stimulus in Japan on the back of the poor growth figures served to boost traders and the indices climbed back towards positive territory in the afternoon.

The German discounter said it would respond to price cuts from competitors with further discounts and claimed that attempts by rivals to match its budget approach had only served to boost sales.

Not so McAllister, whose Scottishness – his father was born in Glasgow – has only served to boost the CDU's re-election chances on Sunday in the state of Lower Saxony, where he has been prime minister since 2010.

For mechanical signals, noise serves to boost weak stimuli.

Worse, such a coalition might serve to boost extremists on both left and right.

And, paradoxically, the strikes may only serve to boost Isis' standing.

But the entrance of these companies into the fractional market is serving to boost the image of the industry.

In the long run that can only serve to boost the business of those restaurants that do try to offer something different and succeed".