Sentence examples for firm thorn from inspiring English sources

6.42pm BST An hour before the debate started, MailOnline launched a story with the headline: Revealed: How Nigel Farage uses his firm Thorn In The Side Ltd to halve the tax bill on £45,000 in extra earnings.

Thorn's singing held firm to her simple formula — come across strong and calm, without regard to ideas such as "diva" or "soul".

You just had to make sure that the premiums were paid on time, he says.By the 1980s, when Mr Maxmin was managing Thorn, a home-electronics firm, things had become more complicated.

Under Mr Legere's leadership, the firm has continued to be a thorn in the bigger companies' side, stealing customers with aggressive promotions such as one that offers to pay the cost of terminating a contract with rival carriers.

"No matter where you look across Tesco's European business discounters are proving to be a thorn in its side," says Bryan Roberts of Kantar Retail, a market-research firm.

Mr Angelides was a perennial thorn in the side of business, using California's state pension plan to browbeat bosses of firms he disapproved of, and he retains a dim view of Wall Street.

Thorn agreed.

Mary's Thorn, Wednesday.

Thorn laughed at that.

Thorn was also cautious.

Whatever, Thorn said.