Sentence examples for the spur needed from inspiring English sources

Allowing Heathrow to raise its prices could well be the spur needed to encourage a group of airlines to move to Gatwick.

County officials said they hope that the rehabilitation of an old railroad bridge over Old Saw Mill River Road in Eastview -- known as missing link two -- will provide the spur needed to complete the South County Trailway, owned by the county since 1991 and connected to the trail's northern section.

Early ratification would give governments the spur needed to formulate new policies on limiting carbon, and give businesses a clear signal that they should invest in reducing their impact on the climate, said Nick Mabey, chief executive of the E3G thinktank.

To shed his contract, the Spurs needed to trade him.

The decision to start Ginobili and bench Tiago Splitter was, on the most basic level, a strategic move: the Spurs needed another guard on the floor.

He was the premier team player, and he took on whatever role the Spurs needed him to fill.

With the Duncan contributing 16.5 points per playoff game, the Spurs needed seven games to overcome the Mavericks but would then cruise past the Trail Blazers in five games to set up another meeting with the Thunder in the Western Conference Finals.

Only 2.2 seconds is all the time the Spurs needed to make not only two of the biggest shots in this series, but in the NBA playoffs so far this postseason.

The Spurs needed to roar back from 21 points down in this building to win in the first game in overtime, then edged the Wolves twice in San Antonio, including a 94-91 victony on Sunday.

But the Spurs need a player like Bonner to keep the floor spaced for Ginobili and Parker.

With the Spurs needing to protect home court and avoid heading back to Oklahoma City to face an elimination game, Popovich decided that he no longer had the luxury of starting the 24-year-old Danny Green at the shooting guard position and deploying Ginobili as his shot of adrenaline off the bench.