Sentence examples for unable to spur progress from inspiring English sources

He has been unable to spur progress on the key assignment Mr. Paterson handed him: a long-term restructuring of how the state spends its money.

Mr Gates has helped to spur progress.

Although Mr. Swire said he hoped to spur progress, for the moment Do Not Track browser settings have no more significance than emoticons.

Our purpose in offering our ideas is to spur progress so we can enact a bill by the end of the year.

These are just a few examples of exciting opportunities for plant scientists to share their innovations in new ways to spur progress and ingenuity in the field.

It investigates how far countries have come thus far in meeting this goal and evaluates the policy reforms and funding commitments necessary to spur progress.

Last week's earnings reports held many "headliner" announcements that, despite some positive news among the mixed results, were unable to spur buying on The Street.

No country has done more than Britain to spur global progress on climate.

But it finds that there must be a price on carbon to spur this progress.

It also offers advice for countries who want to improve their universities and, as a result, to fight poverty and inequality and to spur lasting progress.

BESIDES providing something to bet on (see article), competition has the desirable side-effect of spurring progress.