The Russian conquest of Siberia was largely spurred by the availability of sables there.

Such a system has largely spurred the moviemaking boom in Brazil.

Spurred largely by the No Child Left Behind law, testing has exploded in recent years.

After several decades when housing development was largely spurred by government subsidies, the current East Orange administration has imposed a moratorium on subsidies for builders.

The current push for teacher professionalism has been spurred largely by the fact that schools no longer have this captive workforce at their beck and call.

Most recently, the global economic crisis was spurred largely by the collapse of the housing bubble after a meteoric increase in the price of real estate.

But in both counties, concern is being spurred largely by economic downturns.

The "shopification" of Lane 248 has been spurred largely by young entrepreneurs from cosmopolitan cities like Taipei and Hong Kong.

The seven-month negotiating process was largely spurred by Michael C. Finnegan, Mr. Pataki's counsel.

The EFI was largely spurred by the need to develop methods to identify the functions of the enormous number proteins discovered through genomic sequencing projects.