Sentence examples for spur public from inspiring English sources

In fact, the crimes that most spur public outrage — the abduction, rape and murder of children — are exceedingly rare.

Orsalia Kalantzopoulos, the bank's Caribbean department director, said the bank was already considering emergency steps to spur public works projects.

One initiative is a push to make mining contracts available on the government's Web site to spur public debate, he said.

Adoptions of children from developing countries by celebrities, such as by Madonna and Angelina Jolie, have helped spur public debate about the issue in recent years.

But others opposed the effort, fearing that it would expose intelligence sources and spur public criticism of the administration as anti-Muslim.

At a time of limited attention spans and tightened wallets, are simple messages necessary to spur public donations for the ongoing humanitarian response?

In Britain transparency is mainly intended to spur public-sector reform and boost business innovation.

Indeed, even in challenging fiscal times, there appears to be increased political interest in recognizing that the enormous public health problems posed by AD appear to be impacting efforts to increase public sector funding and also spur public-private partnership.

Fearful of spurring public outrage, firms kept the pay of their senior executives in check.

Pollution is a sensitive topic in China, spurring public protests every year about environmental degradation, particularly from factories.

'Anonymous' search engine DuckDuckGo has announced record usage numbers after the PRISM scandal has spurred public distrust of internet companies tracking individuals' data.