Sentence examples for was initially encouraged from inspiring English sources

An opposition movement demanding the government's immediate resignation was initially encouraged by the Egyptian example – and succeeded in mobilising large crowds in early August.

Snyder revealed he was initially encouraged by studio executives to recruit cast members from Nolan's Batman trilogy but ultimately resisted the temptation.

Laws on trade unions and labour relations modeled on New Deal legislation in the United States were passed, and a strong union movement was initially encouraged.

Subsequent work was initially encouraging [ 36] but a randomized controlled study in 1994 concluded that ECCOR conferred no survival advantage [ 30].

James Goodman at Investec said: Given the share's weak performance, we are initially encouraged by today's report, with a very strong royalty unit performance (237m units versus our 172m) and guidance to 500m full year units (versus our 429m).

Sex education advocates were initially encouraged when Dr. Nafsiah Mboi, a physician who has promoted youth outreach and condom use, was appointed as Indonesia's health minister in June.

Although contacts with the Portuguese were initially encouraged, from 1693 to 1695 the Changamire empire drove the Portuguese from all their stations in the interior during a campaign against the remainder of the Mbire empire.

Heads have given a "cautious welcome" to the findings of the independent review, saying they are "initially encouraged" by it, but one classroom teachers' union has dismissed it as a "fudge".

However there was no follow up to Chirp, and it's fair to say that Twitter has had a checkered relationship with developers as its business strategy has shifted, leading the company to encroach upon the territory that developers were initially encouraged to build upon.

Families in Birta Dheer were initially encouraged to stop the practice by an international NGO Tostan and through a local NGO TASS which worked with community elders and religious leaders to combat misconceptions such as the widely held belief that it is an Islamic requirement or that uncircumcised girls were unclean and would be unable to marry.

Even though there had been only two complaints after the programme was initially broadcast, encouraged by the Daily Mail, thousands more protested.