Sentence examples for bridgehead in from inspiring English sources

8. Lebanon: The "Bridgehead in the Orient" 9. Realities of Power in the "Rear Area".

They have a bridgehead in London and the South East of England.

But he is also now the leader of a party with MEPs in Brussels and a bridgehead in parliament.

Each of the main crime syndicates has established a strong bridgehead in the rich north of Italy.

The human bridgehead in this task is its new "lobbyist-in-chief", Mark Boleat, appointed in May as chairman of the pivotal corporation policy and resources committee.

"The U.S. is a bridgehead in a global market for renewable assets," said Jonathan Johns, head of renewable energy at Ernst & Young.

But his ambitions are boundless and he has already established energy bridgeheads in three continents.

The principal conflict is between the Saudis and Iran, which has established powerful political bridgeheads in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Gaza.

But by investing in China, Merck and competitors like Novartis are establishing bridgeheads in an important market.

Further reinforcements enabled Colonel General Jürgen von Arnim, who assumed the command in chief of the Axis defense in Tunisia on December 9, to expand his two bridgeheads in Tunisia until they were merged into one.

Downing Street strategists hoped that the party might establish bridgeheads in the big northern cities in the form of tough-talking elected mayors like Middlesbrough's Ray Mallon, an independent and a conservative on crime.