Sentence examples for competitive foothold from inspiring English sources

The tariffs of up to 30percentt on imported steel were originally meant to give the ailing steel industry a three-year respite to consolidate and gain a stronger, competitive foothold in the volatile global marketplace.

This also allows Windows Phone a competitive foothold alongside such a strong Chinese carrier, which boasts over 70 million subscribers.

In the daunting shadow of YouTube VYou, which allows users to converse through brief snippets of video, will have to be nimbler and more niche in order to gain a competitive foothold in the user generated online video space.

While the news is unlikely to shake strategic thinking among the country's top-tier institutions -- currently enjoying record selectivity and runaway status in world reputation rankings -- it could serve as a huge hint to universities seeking a competitive foothold in the higher education sector, particularly smaller private colleges and middling state public education systems.

The program will be called 'Sip New York".' It is pointless, he said, for Long Island producers to ignore the Finger Lakes, whose wineries have been establishing competitive footholds in New York wine shops and restaurants.

But in their competitive rush for a foothold, the Big Six (now Big Five) auditors lent their reputations to practices that in the West would be regarded as unethical if not illegal, current and former employees of the firms said in recent interviews.

He made his first trip to Chicago in 1955 but was unable to gain a foothold in the competitive local blues scene and returned to Mississippi, where he spent the next several years honing his craft.

Though a behemoth in China, Haier has struggled to gain a foothold in the competitive U.S. consumer market.

Lowering device cost would also help the company gain even more of a foothold in the competitive corporate and clinical health space.

KCSN's biggest challenge in establishing a foothold in the competitive Southern California radio market has been its relatively low signal strength and reach, which extends only to portions of the greater Los Angeles area.

Whether HTC can regain a strong foothold in the highly competitive market remains to be seen.