Sentence examples for spurred measures from inspiring English sources

They say the legislation has spurred measures by corporations and African governments to help end the illegal trade.

Male turkeys over the age of four can have spurs measuring 1 inch (2.5 cm) or longer.

Is it broken down, or is it there for some other reason?" The alert spurred heightened security measures by government and law enforcement officials at the bridge and other high-profile potential targets nationwide.

All over the capital and in many provincial towns, Cubans are beginning to inject money into the island's ragged real estate, spurred by government measures to stimulate construction and a new law that allows them to trade property for the first time in 50 years.

The rich-country think-tank has unveiled a thoughtful new report on how governments can do better at spurring and measuring innovation.The grandees were also unusually attentive.

And in Los Cabos the G20 Leaders endorsed the Basic Set of Financial Inclusion Indicators to help countries spur and measure progress toward financial inclusion.

Spurred on, they measured how the sea's salinity changed over time.

The austerity measures that spurred the current unrest aim to squeeze savings of some $38 billion through 2012.

Recent focus on patient safety, together with a concern for protecting employees in the workplace and those they expose elsewhere, has spurred interest in optimizing measures to prevent infection and disease transmission.

The success, as he measured it, spurred him to change verses under his eyes each game as a senior — after which the N.C.A.A. disallowed the practice.

Neither ballot measure has spurred much advertising or news coverage in this overheated political season -- even though the lieutenant governor question prompted lively debate when it was before the Legislature.