Sentence examples for beat firm from inspiring English sources

Joining them from the city's Oberliga club was Horst Eckel; he and Cologne's Hans Schäfer, now 81 and 85 respectively, are the last survivors of the side that beat firm favourites Hungary to become world champions.

The Seventh, however, is more compact and more self-contained; its heart beats firm, but not on its sleeve.

4. Add caster sugar in 5 stages, scraping down to incorporate any grains, and beat into firm peaks.

In the two contemporary works, her beat was firm but not expressive; she's still learning how to ride the tiger that is a full symphony orchestra.

Suddenly, he felt that he had not only proof of guilt but also a mighty cudgel with which to beat the firm into submission.

Directed by Irvin Kershner, the second installment in the Star Wars franchise beat off firm favourites such as The Lord of the Rings and Jaws to clinch the top spot.

But he was beaten by one that was angled in and beat his firm push, and, when Matt Prior and Tim Bresnan went in quick succession, England had lost four wickets for 64 runs.

So far, about 720,000 have bought, beating the firm's forecasts.

This is where a land value tax becomes a sufficient stick to beat property firms into action.

In the midst of a period of trade friction with America in the 1980s, they promised the country would work less hard at trying to beat American firms and take more time off.

Last year, prosecutors in Los Angeles initially charged that Milberg Weiss paid $11 million in kickbacks to plaintiffs in more than 150 cases, a strategy that allowed it to beat other firms to the courthouse and earn more than $216 million in fees.