Sentence examples for established a strong foothold from inspiring English sources

When he came to power the Armenians had established a strong foothold in the territory, but the war had ground to a halt.

Unfortunately, most adults do not learn they are infected for months or even years, by which time the cache of HIV-infected cells has established a strong foothold.

Nevertheless, as Hillis shows, by the late nineteenth century, Russian nationalists had established a strong foothold in the southwest's culture and educated society; in the first decade of the twentieth, they secured a leading role in local mass politics.

Today the Unification Church has gained new respect in Latin America, where it has established a strong foothold, access to the rich and powerful and investments in real estate, hotels, banks, newspapers and other businesses valued at hundreds of millions of dollars.

While technology has established a strong foothold in Houston, much of the new research and development takes place within the petrochemical industry or existing government and academic institutions.

Bombardier has established a strong foothold in China, where Beijing is spending $32 billion through the end of 2010 on cars and locomotives.

Still, a real terrorist threat remains, Mr. Maghraoui said, with several Moroccans involved in terrorist networks in Europe and A.Q.M.I. still trying to establish a strong foothold in Morocco.

It is that ability to combine businesses and consumers on the local level that has attracted Google, which has had difficulty gaining local advertising market share and establishing a strong foothold in social media.

Vincent La Selva of the New York Grand Opera, a talented Verdi conductor, has somehow failed to establish a strong foothold in international opera; but his company got on the map and into the Guinness Book of World Records by presenting all 28 Verdi operas in chronological order.

There are some impressive, influential women that have jumped right into the industry with hopes of establishing a strong foothold and breaking down traditional corporate barriers.

It is also struggling to establish a strong foothold in emerging markets, which can hurt profits for those that do not have Nokia's tight control over logistics and supply costs.