Sentence examples for spur for a from inspiring English sources

Villa fans expected that goal to be the spur for a glorious career – and it was.

For Wright, black Chicago's highly competitive religious market was a challenge and a spur; for a different preacher, in a different era, it could be a threat.

The United Nations embargo of the country in the early 1990s was the spur for a counterfeit industry producing for the home market.

Not so long ago, ministers saw the emergence of community-based housing enterprises as a spur for a short-lived volunteering initiative championed by David Cameron.

The Peshawar atrocity of December 2014 at the army public school was the spur for a far-reaching crackdown on militant groups.

In the early 1980's, the supremacy of the Alawites, historically regarded in Syria as heretics, was a spur for a violent rebellion by Islamic fundamentalists.

Complaints about such fees helped spur calls for a consumer financial protection agency.

The financial crash of 2008 brought with it an inbuilt spur for recovery – a low exchange rate.

Crude oil rose after an unexpected interest rate cut spurred optimism for a stronger economy that would lift demand.

Their concerns have spurred calls for a greater voice.

Already, the Islamists have driven nearly 400,000 people to flee northern Mali and have spurred calls for a regional intervention force.