Sentence examples for gain firm from inspiring English sources

Mr. Freeh's confident sense of independence served him well during the turbulent years of the Clinton presidency, but he never seemed to gain firm command of the bureau.

He acknowledged Thursday that he would like to gain firm control of IAC, and that there was no love lost with Liberty's chief executive, Gregory B. Maffei, who sits on the IAC board.

His footwork on routes was sloppy; his turns were sometimes fast, but not often sharp; he lacked the understanding of how to use his big frame to shield defenders from the ball; and he either dropped passes or did not attack the ball early enough in the throw to gain firm control.

Along with marketing capability, process of transforming entrepreneurial orientation to firm performance involves incentive system, which enables product development to gain firm performance.

Obviously, there is a need for further studies to gain firm evidence on which to base advice to patients with gallstones and abdominal symptoms concerning cholecystectomy.

Economists say that cleaning up bad loans at Europe's banks and getting them to lend again would help the economy gain firmer footing.

The division's mandate, according to Feroz Khan and other Pakistani generals, was to gain firmer control over a nuclear program that, during its long, secret gestation, had developed somewhat haphazardly.

(Mr. Konitz weaved in and out of those parts, never quite gaining firm footing).

From 1920 to 1932 the parties held power alternately, but no government had any chance of gaining firm support for its policy in the Riksdag.

But it came as officials and analysts in Seoul contemplated the possibility that the North's leader, Kim Jong-il, could die before a successor gained firm control.

Iltutmish also gained firm control of the main urban strategic centres of the North Indian Plain, from which he could keep in check the refractory Rajput chiefs.