Sentence examples for firm lock from inspiring English sources

Out at the paddock the telescope has a firm lock on Neil Armstrong and company when a power failure and computer crash eliminate some vital information.

It was inexpensive, which meant that it had a firm lock on the mass market, and it was a condiment, not an ingredient, which meant that it could be applied at the discretion of the food eater, not the food preparer.

Until Obama made a major dent in corporate and banking industry political campaign giving, the GOP had always had a firm lock on the political bank account of the rich.

The city was ruled with an iron hand for 43 years by the father and son Daleys, and the Democratic Machine had a firm lock on local government for almost one hundred years.

With Santa's arrival imminent, The North American Aerospace Defense Command NORADD) has a firm lock on a glowing object moving quickly across the skies, and can confirm that it is indeed Rudolph's bright red nose, according to Susan Alexander, a volunteer for the organization, in a Christmas Eve interview with The Huffington Post.*.*

Vice are extraordinarily lucky; thanks to Ed O'Brien's abiding fondness for our Behind The Music column, the Oxford quintet have agreed to offer us sole, unprecedented access to the record--access obtained deep within the bowels of XL's Ladbroke Grove headquarters, where the only existing promo copy is presently under firm lock and key.

The firm locked in a fivefold gain on its investment in Yankee Candle earlier this month with a $250 million share sale.

[C3.] An Investment Firm Drops Board Defense Measures The BKF Capital Group, a publicly traded investment firm locked in a battle with hedge funds looking to replace members of its board, said it would remove its poison pill and make it easier to replace its board.

With such formidable venture capital partners as Wellesley, Mass.-based Battery Ventures and Waltham, Mass.-based Polaris Venture Partners, the fledgling firm locked in Polaris principal George Conrades (a 30-year veteran of IBM and former chairman and CEO of BBN) as its chairman and CEO.

It is rare to see private equity firms lock horns in a public bidding war.

And the profits monopolies can bring allow bold long-term plans and ambitious research projects that "firms locked in competition can't dream of".