Sentence examples for foothold during from inspiring English sources

Moyes's side, who were without Phil Jones – sidelined for a fortnight with a knee injury – struggled for a foothold during a breathless opening that featured Chester's goal and the second for Hull from David Meyler.

His announcement comes at a low point for the protest movement, after opposition candidates failed to gain a foothold during regional and municipal elections this month, and as several protest leaders face the possibility of imprisonment.

The W.P.S. could use a compelling story line as it struggles to establish a foothold during a deep recession with a sport that has been unable to build on the success of the Women's World Cup held in the United States a decade ago.

The cable network, which has been struggling for a foothold during prime time and experimenting with evening talk shows with hosts like John McEnroe and Tina Brown, ordered a full season of 13 episodes of "The Big Idea," a talk show in which Mr. Deutsch, as the raconteur in chief, prompts celebrities to chat about cultural happenings and, of course, themselves.

We also demonstrated that even if the robot's foothold collapsed during the leg-grope movement, the robot did not stumble.

Even if the foothold collapses during this step, the robot can still keep its pose stable by standing on the other three legs.

PHNOM PENH — Far from the glamour at fashion weeks in America and Europe, Cambodia's silk industry is struggling to regain the foothold it lost during years of political and civil unrest.

Alexander's second in command was Parmenio, who had secured a foothold in Asia Minor during Philip's lifetime; many of his family and supporters were entrenched in positions of responsibility.

We do not imply that biosignatures may not be found in Hesperian terrain, but the chance is higher for life to have gained a foothold and moved laterally during the Noachian.

The foothold that women have gained during the construction boom may expand in the coming years.

He has kept a foothold in his native region, writing (during the long summer vacations his profession affords) in a clifftop cabin "looking west toward Prince Edward Island".