Sentence examples for sharply boosting from inspiring English sources

She is the only politician whose popularity has risen sharply, boosting her party's share of the vote from 22% 18 months ago to almost 31%.

At the same time, colleges, both public and private, have shifted their own spending priorities, modestly increasing the investment in students from families in the lowest income quintile, while sharply boosting their investment in education of students from the top income quintile.

Under Mr. Mujica, who took office in 2010, Uruguay has drawn attention for seeking to legalize marijuana and same-sex marriage, while also enacting one of the region's most sweeping abortion rights laws and sharply boosting the use of renewable energy sources like wind and biomass.

Earlier in the speech, he had struck a very different tone, ordering officials to halve the number of Russians living in poverty by sharply boosting social and infrastructure spending in an obvious pre-election pitch to voters.

The deal sharply boosts Heineken's presence in Romania and Hungary.

Many skeptics seriously underestimated the ability of American firms to sharply boost their profits, year after year; and the dangers of inflation in the economy have been overstated.

In a year in which BP has reported its worst ever annual loss, it has decided to sharply boost Mr Dudley's remuneration," she said.

In the U.S., meanwhile, business tax breaks have helped spur investment booms at least four times since the early sixties, and recent work suggests that the 2001 rebate sharply boosted consumer spending.

Fax machines and laser printers have sharply boosted paper sales.

The chain cut back restaurant openings and made menu and service improvements in the United States that sharply boosted sales.

Ireland also had to fight back efforts by the tax-loving EU bureaucrats in Brussels to sharply boost its corporate tax rate of 12.5%.