give impulse
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Rousseff thanked Lula and promised dialogue and political reform to fight corruption and give impulse to economic growth.
From Washington Post
How can it give impulse to matter, how set it in motion?
From The System of Nature, Volume 2 by Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'Holbach
Such are the men whom Providence ordains to give impulse to society, and effect great and useful reforms.
From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by John Lord
Deeds often repeated give impulse and direction to character, and these appear in the offspring as predispositions of body and mind.
From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by George Willis Cooke
The extent to which the deliberations and utterances of this congress may regulate the development of society or give impulse to succeeding generations, it is impossible to estimate, but not unreasonable to anticipate.
From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various
