Impetus
impetus (noun) - a force that makes something happen more quickly
impetus for change
the impetus for change comes from a new initiative
obtained further impetus for change
provided the impetus for the launch of the new programme
bring new impetus and vigour into our bilateral relationship
the impetus given to the debate by the speech
gave powerful new impetus to the project
impetus for regulatory reform
revolutionary impetus
the scale and impetus of economic expansion
quality driven investment and a new impetus in product development
give further impetus to the process
the initial impetus
renewed impetus
the new scandal added fresh impetus to the rumours
the impetus towards rural development
the beating of the protester by the police served to give fresh impetus to the protests
the move towards a market economy gained further impetus
fell with the impetus of the arrows that pierced them
most stood their ground as soon as the hurtling, heaving mass lost impetus and came to a seething stay
add impetus
provide impetus
further impetus
extra impetus
the campaign lost most of its impetus
the new funding added impetus to the project
his participation was a major impetus to the initiative
the author's original impetus for writing
arose as a result of a very different impetus
the central importance of Paracelsus rests on the general impetus he gave to the reform of science
a development given some impetus by the introduction of new funding
the major impetus for this work have been the national surveys carried out by the firm
the impetus for the scheme has come from consumers
the project was given new impetus
the project was carried along by the impetus of early decisions
the project will be given greater impetus by involvement in new challenging areas
spent impetus
continue to give impetus to further development
the stature he acquired both as a man and a leader gave added impetus and credibility to the black independence movement
added impetus to the ostensible shift from equity to efficacy as the guiding principle
adds an external stimulus to any internal impetus provided by reflation
give a new impetus to the opposition of the business leaders
the early impetus to improvements will be provided by the new law
Example sentences:
* What the economy needs is a new impetus.
* A major impetus has been that users found this detailed budgetary accounting confusing.
* The process of proletarianisation has also received some impetus from the spread of agribusiness in the region.
* In Kwangju a protester received a near-fatal beating by police in an incident which served to give fresh impetus to the protests.
* And now she was being carried along by the impetus of those two decisions.
* It struck a devastating blow at the presidency as an institution and gave powerful new impetus to the collapse of trust in government that had begun some years previously.
* The fact that other economies are expanding adds an external stimulus to any internal impetus provided by reflation.
* We look forward to giving further impetus to the process when we take on the presidency of the Community in the second half of the year.
* Without a sound the men of Ruthyn, more than half of those leading the pursuit, fell with the impetus of the arrows that pierced them, heeling out of their saddles like a breaking wave, downhill from the forest.
* Their response may be the occasion for added impetus to the ostensible shift from equity to efficacy as the guiding principle in the design of water pollution standards.
* The revolutionary impetus was declining, however, in 1949-50 amid the harsh repression by the South Korean government.
* A flicker of rebellion stole into her mind and, as if it had needed that impetus, one clear thought struggled free.
* The impetus was spent.
* This destroys your impetus and your courage to confront your fears.
* Impetus given from or with any part of the body must coincide with the musical phrasing fur it indicates the performer is to make or is making an important statement.
* The British initiative should also add a major impetus to bringing in EC-wide rules, now that more humane systems exist.
* The admiral said he had come to bring new impetus and vigour into our bilateral relationship.
* The move towards a market economy gained further impetus on Aug. 1 with the establishment of Mongolia's first agricultural commodities exchange.
* It is intended that the Institute will quickly become a fully independent unit, although the early impetus will be provided by BNFL.
* Todd & Duncan benefited from the increased demand for cashmere and, backed by the strongest stock service in the industry, quality driven investment and a new impetus in product development, made substantial overseas progress which should be maintained in 1993/94.
* Yet the fact that their competition did not reverse what all scholars agree to be a distinct, if modest, improvement in all but the environmental conditions of the working classes suggests the scale and impetus of economic expansion.
* The maintenance of full employment would cause social and political changes which would give a new impetus to the opposition of the business leaders.
* As Worrell's career came at the same period, the stature he acquired both as a man and a leader gave added impetus and credibility to the black independence movement, especially as cricket is such an important part of Caribbean life.
* The impetus for interest rate cuts will come from Germany and growth from the east this year should be 15 p.c. and smoothe any fall in the west German economy.
* In part, the impetus for reform came from concern over the efficiency of the long-established regulatory regimes and, in particular, a belief that many self-regulatory systems may have evolved into restrictive practices dressed up to be in the public interest.
* In recent years, the Court's decisions have invariably been the impetus behind that small ration of liberalization that has been forced upon Mrs Thatcher.
* There are, for example, subsidies in the form of grants and, until 1988, tax advantages available to individuals willing to invest in forestry and which are often seen as the major impetus to afforestation and reforestation with little regard to the environmental consequences.
* This activity had been initiated by Eden some years previously but the discovery of hydrocarbons under the North Sea lent impetus to the work.
* Sometimes it is shown as having bat wings as well, and Indonesian records describe each quill in the beast's tail as being tipped in poisonous juices of the upas tree for added impetus.
* As will be seen later, data-base technology in its present form has some deficiencies in modelling complex objects and events, the solution of which will be given greater impetus by involvement in new challenging areas.
* The concept of the church as heaven on earth was as old as Byzantium, but it was given new impetus in these confections of the Holy Roman Empire's last century.
* Almost certainly more important are the forces that moulded provision and continue to give impetus to further development.
* It is predictable that impetus for regulatory reform or pressure for crackdowns generated by moral entrepreneurs (Becker, 1963) often comes about only when victims become visible, for it is the impact of deviance which contributes to a judgment of its gravity (Schrager and Short, 1980).
* Chapter 1 has already mentioned the impetus given to the debate by Jim Callaghan's Ruskin speech, and discussed some of the factors which led to accountability pressures.
* All of the capacities could have evolved independently, but then obtained further impetus for change from the gradual emergence of language.
* It is therefore curious that although the author's original impetus for writing was his involvement in the controversial treatment of recurrent spontaneous miscarriage by immunotherapy, he has largely ignored the topical clinical arena.
* The next move towards national organisation for seamen also arose on the north east coast, though as a result of a very different impetus.
* As in the case of Bacon, the central importance of Paracelsus rests on the general impetus he gave to the reform of science and on the development of a comprehensive religious and ethical framework for scientific and medical endeavour.
* The MINIS and Joubert systems, with due allowance for departmental differences, were to be universalized throughout Whitehall, and it was this which provided the impetus for the launch of the Financial Management Initiative (FMI) in 1982.
* Increasingly, moreover, in the larger authorities council leaders and key committee chairmen effectively work full time, a development given some impetus by the introduction of Special Responsibility Allowances (SRAs) for senior councillors in 1980.
* The major impetus for this work have been the national surveys carried out by the Home Office, the British Crime Surveys of 1982, 1984 and 1988.
* Some schemes have been consumer-led; others have been initiated by local authority or health service managers or by local councillors; for others the impetus has come from social researchers; and still others have come about through joint action by social workers and their managers.
* The impetus for change comes from the Management Charter Initiative (MCI), an employer-led pressure group which hopes eventually to transform all management qualifications into quantifiable `;competences';.
* A few of the rearmost fled down the river valley towards Whitton, and made good their escape, but most stood their ground as soon as the hurtling, heaving mass lost impetus and came to a seething stay.
