Sentence examples for firmly consolidating from inspiring English sources

That's what President Bill Pullman was telling us – just when the US blockbuster was firmly consolidating its worldwide hold.

"If [Isis] succeed in firmly consolidating their grip on the land they occupy in Syria and Iraq, we will see the world's first truly terrorist state established within a few hours flying time of our country.

WITH Republican control of state government now firmly consolidated, Mississippi is poised for wholesale education reform.

Between 1929, when Stalin had firmly consolidated his position as Lenin's heir, and 1953, eighteen million people were sent to labor camps in the Soviet Union.

We need a populism, that is, strong enough to begin to erode the stranglehold on white male working-class votes now being ever more firmly consolidated by Tea Party Republicans and conservative Christian evangelicals.

The ELSI programme, which developed around the Human Genome Project, has now been firmly consolidated in scientific governance.

Following the end of the long running civil conflict in 2002, peace in Angola has been firmly consolidated and there is unprecedented access to most of the country.

He also asked whether extending the moratorium was "a federal power grab, a back-door approach to consolidating all power firmly and finally in Washington?" He urged his colleagues to fight high levels of taxes, rather than give a break to one industry.

We have seen further attempts to push indices down but end-of-year buyers appear to be returning in force, with European indices firmly off their lows and the FTSE 100 consolidating its hold above 6300.

The new regime was able to suppress IMRO and restore the government's authority over Pirin Macedonia, but its political base was too narrow to allow it to consolidate power firmly.

When stress hormones like adrenaline and norepinephrine are elevated, new memories are consolidated more firmly, which is what makes the recollection of emotionally charged events so vivid, so tenacious, so strong.