Sentence examples for gained firm from inspiring English sources

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.

Reformists gained firm control of Iran's Parliament after the final election tally announced today gave them a near sweep of the Tehran district.

A4 Aristide's Party Gains in Haiti The party of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide gained firm control of the Senate in the May 21 election, preliminary results showed.

The party of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide gained firm control of the Haitian Senate in the May 21 election, preliminary results have shown.

Suzuki, which never gained firm traction in the United States, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Nov. 5 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, citing $346 million in debt.

(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.

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.

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