Sentence examples for tentative boost from inspiring English sources

Such bursts of zeal have given a tentative boost to a sagging apparel industry.

And Scottish retailers reported a "tentative boost" in sales for October, with total sales increasing year-on-year by 2.1%.

SRC director Fiona Moriarty said: "It's really positive to see that the tentative boost in May gathered strong momentum in June, propelling Scottish sales growth to a level almost in line with the rest of the UK and its highest since April 2011.

Buoyed by record oil income in 2008, Mr Bouteflika boosted infrastructure spending, reversed tentative steps to free the economy and secured constitutional amendments that, in effect, granted him the presidency for life.Last year Mr Bouteflika restricted imports, hurting some well-connected businessmen.

California Governor Jerry Brown on Monday announced a tentative deal between labor unions and lawmakers to boost the minimum wage there to $15 an hour by 2022, which would be the highest of any state in America, as the LA Times reports.

The new proposal would boost revenue by $1.2 billion, the governor said, though the tentative agreement still contains some $500 million in spending cuts.

That is no cause for a victory parade, but it is a sign of a tentative recovery, if only it were accompanied by a crucially needed boost from public coffers.

The announcement came as Wall Street was making a tentative recovery from the heavy falls of the past two weeks, but provided little boost to share prices.

'Although spring usually produces an upturn in the housing market, there are tentative signs that the recent series of base rate cuts has helped to boost confidence by reducing recession fears among home-buyers,' it said.

There is strength in numbers and if you're tentative at first, go along with some mommy pals to give you a confidence boost.

It would appear that after several days of drifting lower we've seen some signs of tentative bargain hunting, given that stocks have been trading near multi week lows, with some well received trading updates also helping boost sentiment.