Sentence examples for firm down from inspiring English sources

To grow, fill the base of a container with a 2cm layer of vermiculite or compost and firm down gently.

"You might bring your whole firm down, or the whole industry down; but it's not your money you're gambling with, so you don't necessarily care.

I've tried to cut my overheads and slimmed the firm down, but now I have no option but to close and move out of the criminal law.

The decision to hire Mr Zander, who will have fewer qualms than an insider when it comes to paring the firm down, suggests that the board wants him to continue on this path.One option would be to copy Nokia, which overtook Motorola in the 1990s to become the world's leading maker of mobile handsets.

The firm, down over a point in regular trading, is essentially unmoved in after-hours trading.

Lee reportedly turned the firm down out of loyalty to Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, who Lee knew from her days at Google.

Wall Street granted lukewarm approval, marking shares in both firms down a little.Reaction was muted partly because there was nothing surprising about the deal.

Mix the biscuit crumbs with the melted butter and pack in to the cake tin, firming down with the back of a spoon.

Northern Ireland however was worst off, with the number of firms down on average by 3.3% during the period.

But this is why we need a system to shut these firms down with the least amount of collateral damage to innocent people and innocent businesses.

But shares in the firm closed down 11percentt at $62.30.