Sentence examples for spurred higher from inspiring English sources

The mandate spurred higher corn production.

The growing local market for drugs has spurred higher levels of prostitution, robbery and burglary.

More productive capacity spurred higher output, which led to more intense competition and -- no surprise -- to lower profit margins.

Sales of more than 100 million doses of swine flu vaccine spurred higher fourth-quarter revenue and profit for the French drug giant Sanofi-Aventis, the company said on Wednesday in a report that exceeded some analysts' expectations.

Also spurred higher by a broker recommendations were shares in Diageo, up 13p at 915.5p, after Goldman Sachs put the stock onto its conviction buy list and Aviva, up 11p at 343p, after Deutsche Bank raised its target price to 401p from 385p.

Gold futures were spurred higher by rising safe-haven investor demand for the week, selling for $1,215 an ounce on Friday.

Excessive investments spurred high levels of production but it also created unsustainable surpluses and depressed prices.

Venturing offline is a way to spur higher growth.

This will spur higher levels of private investment and even further productivity gains".

Product-market overhauls can spur higher productivity by promoting more intense competition.

In 1997, President Bill Clinton also tried to create a common measure of performance in order to spur higher achievement.