Sentence examples for foothold after from inspiring English sources
It was at the seedy East Village bar CBGB that the band gained a foothold after a shaky start.
But, seeking an ideological foothold after 9/11, Graham soon gravitated to the extreme hawkishness in foreign policy that came to define the George W. Bush Administration.
They took up the challenge, Root sure of stroke and purpose to help England take a firm foothold after all in this first Test of their Ashes summer.
Genetically altered potatoes never gained much of a foothold after major potato processors and fast-food companies indicated they would not buy them.
And he has some inkling of what it is like to lose one's foothold after falling out of the top 50 in the world rankings this week for the first time since 1996, when he was a newly minted pro.
But the collection comes fully into itself in the final, lovely duet of stories, which track the lives of Marty Costello and his son, Matt, as they cast about for a foothold after the death of Matt's mother.
Pondering India alone, perhaps iTunes' rivals Napster and even Microsoft 's anemic MSN music service can find footholds after all.
Youngs's box-kicking helped England gain a foothold and after Farrell had kicked two penalties, they took the lead after cashing in on a mistake by the scrum-half Nick Phipps.
But domestic intimacy never gained much of a foothold, and after the Second World War, many Americans reacted to their prosperity by really spreading out, in ranch houses where the children often had a bedroom wing, as far away as possible from their parents.
On a normal afternoon Australia would have confidently assumed that five tries would safely secure them a semi-final against Argentina with a bit to spare but the absence of David Pocock and Israel Folau helped give Scotland a foothold even after Tevita Kuridrani's 65th minute try had put his side 32-24 ahead of the persevering boys in blue.
When Stora acquired Consolidated Papers in 2000, it gained a long-sought-after foothold in North America, from where it now gets 18% of its paper capacity (81% still comes from Europe mostly Finland and Sweden).
