Sentence examples for spur completion from inspiring English sources

The increased spending helped spur completion of the human genome project and led to new diagnostic tests and therapies for a variety of diseases.

More than a century earlier, land grants had been given to railroads to spur completion of the transcontinental line, but the creation of Amtrak marked the first time that rail passenger service had received any form of direct financial assistance from the U.S. government.

The creation of Amtrak marked the first time that rail passenger service received any form of direct financial assistance from the U.S. government (although land grants had been given to railroads to spur completion of a transcontinental line in the 19th century).

Be careful when using rewards to spur homework completion.

Although the blockade's real purpose was to promote the growth of French manufacturing, especially the silk industry, by protecting it against imports, the war economy and blockade also stimulated Italian production, prompted the emergence of machine-building and metallurgy sectors, and spurred the completion of important public works.

In Obama's State of the Union address this year, he proposed a $1 billion Race to the Top competition to incentivize colleges to control their costs; a First in the World competition to spur innovation among colleges in boosting completion; and, more controversially, tying campus-based aid to measures such as graduation rates.

There was wide anticipation that the completion of Central Park in the late 1860s would spur millionaires to build their mansions facing its green space.

He's counting on a new generation of phones and the completion of a nationwide network by 2004 to spur demand.

So the plant, which is nearing completion, has spurred protests in this split-personality neighborhood.

Among Richard's grandest projects in the field of architecture was Westminster Hall, which was extensively rebuilt during his reign, perhaps spurred on by the completion in 1391 of John of Gaunt's magnificent hall at Kenilworth Castle.

Some will spur innovation.