Sentence examples for deserves firm from inspiring English sources

China would like the United States to sharply reduce its military and political backing for Taiwan, which is viewed by many American conservatives as a bastion of democracy that deserves firm support but which Beijing sees as its territory.

Although the Iranian government deserves firm criticism for incompetence in handling the crisis, poor allocation of scarce foreign currency resources and failing to crack down on corrupt practices, the main culprit are the U.S. and European sanctions that regulate financial transactions with Iran.

The decision by Egypt's Supreme Security Court to sentence the prominent sociologist and human rights activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim to seven years in prison for defaming Egypt (news article, May 22) seriously tarnishes Egypt's political credibility, and deserves a firm response from the Western world.

So if you're reading this, we think you deserve a firm pat on the back for making it through to the holidays without heading to the hills and joining some kind of doomsday cult.

Many deserving firms had indeed been deprived of working capital, say, or trade finance.

But at least the firm deserves credit for confessing its safety concerns.

Yet the firm deserves good governance, and Sir Stuart needs all the help he can get.

He also thinks the firm deserves to do so, arguing that "GP's historical investment record has been stellar".

IF ANY firm deserves the dubious title of model for the drug industry's American woes, it is Schering-Plough.

The firm deserves to know it has a rogue interviewer at large.

Of his resignation, Berardino told CNN: "I had to make this step today to put an exclamation point behind the voices of our people…to say that we're a serious firm that deserves to continue in the United States".