Sentence examples for foothold long from inspiring English sources

War got its foothold long before women launched their drive for equality.

Most infectious diseases were presumably present at the creation -- or gained a foothold long before the first doctors could determine their origins and chart their spread.

Tells the history of court tennis, which was probably invented in France, by monks, some time before 1050 A.D. In the 18th century, the game began to lose its foothold, after a long reign of popularity.

While these players are gaining an early foothold, in the long term, we believe the winning hand in online aggregation will be a multi-product player.

The hosts struggled to gain a foothold, but a long throw from Greg Halford was nodded on by Dunk and Forster-Caskey forced the ball in to give his side a lifeline.

Pakistan is already trying to gain a foothold in its long time antagonist.

Yet the Nets now face the challenge of integrating so many new faces while simultaneously trying to gain a foothold in a market long dominated by the Knicks.

Alliance Boots gets a long-sought foothold in the United States.

Now, years of prosperity mean that millions of people have the means to emigrate legally, either through investment programs or by sending an offspring abroad to study in hopes of securing a long-term foothold.

That could present an opening for the Australian media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, who holds a stake in Kirch, to take over part of the business and gain a long-sought foothold in the German market.

Some can make a vertical climb, the researchers assert, "as long as footholds are available". .