Sentence examples for a foothold to from inspiring English sources

That was very full yet burst from a foothold to take the shoulder of the bat.

Guede, he added, could have used a nail found in the wall as a foothold to reach the window.

These would serve as a foothold to project American influence into the heart of the unsettled Middle East.

By 1991, Mr. Rosen had established enough of a foothold to start a real estate business, RFR Holding, with Mr. Fuchs.

The league and its teams see the games as a foothold to sell jerseys, sponsorships and television deals in Europe and Asia, and potentially attract other foreign owners.

As a result, it has never quite gained enough of a foothold to be taken seriously as part of UK musical culture.

No outside power would attempt to gain a strategic foothold to use against other outside powers.

The acquisition will give Microsoft a quick foothold to compete better against Google.

It eventually gained a foothold, thanks to theefforts of some truly independent young minds.

Throwers crouch on a foothold akin to a runner's mark and release the stone like a bowling ball.

Ferryman Panagopulos, for example, is determined to modernize the ferry industry, sending his ships into competitive international waters, but he has trouble getting a foothold closer to home.