Sentence examples for foothold of from inspiring English sources

The foothold of British banks is narrow: they offer only basic banking products and have limited branch networks.

It's an area that's still on the turn, and one backstreet basement is a foothold of the gentrifying incomers.

"There is concern that this circumstance could allow a foothold of resistance to form among refugees and breakaway soldiers.

But as he enters his last weeks in office, he seems to have gained a small foothold of appreciation here.

The administration reckons other countries will be beating down the door to "help out" afterwards as a way to gain a foothold of influence.

The crisis has resulted in the weakening of Iraqiya — and thereby of the foothold of Sunnis on a stake in public life — and the strengthening of Mr. Maliki's power, especially among his Shiite base.

"The commercial services are going to have a tough time getting any kind of foothold," Mr. Bailey of Webnoize said.

For Shiite Muslims who have returned over the past few years, these are footholds of identity.

Many have very few footholds of any kind, and one, called the Corkscrew because of its twists and turns, has none at all.

Hence to completely describe how a BiPCR climb in a spatial truss, we have to provide a series of discrete footholds and the continuous trajectories between adjacent footholds of the same swinging grippers.

For businesses and consumers alike, the mantra of less may have gotten a leg up from necessity, but it will continue to climb on the footholds of choice.