Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] a major boost " in BNC.
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| 1 | Housing associations received a major boost from the Housing Act 1974 when a new once-and-for-all capital grant became payable at the outset of each scheme ( Baker 1976 ; Lansley 1979 ) . |
| 2 | The OPEC petro-dollar surplus provided a major boost to the euro-dollar market 's growth in the 1970s . |
| 3 | Frelimo gave a major boost to its drive for peace on Aug. 16 , when its central committee unanimously endorsed the scheduling of multiparty elections in 1991 and the effective abandonment of the one-party state [ see p. 37643 ; 37843-44 ] . |
| 4 | IRELAND 'S South Donegal Railway Restoration Society received a major boost in its efforts to reopen part of the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee 's narrow gauge system when it took possession of two of the railway 's few surviving passenger vehicles . |
| 5 | james Alt argues that the increase in supply of North Sea oil provided a major boost for sterling which in turn resulted in a loss of competitiveness for British goods and a consequent loss of manufacturing goods and employment . |
| 6 | In 1979 , the DUP received a major boost to its fortunes when it gained two more Westminster MPs . |
| 7 | TRAINER David Elsworth 's pre-emptive dabble in the Champion Hurdle market received a major boost at Ascot yesterday . |