Sentence examples for hit upon a strategy from inspiring English sources

But Christopher Kane, who celebrates five years at London fashion week, has hit upon a strategy that works.

Yahoo!'s corporate research unit, like others, has hit upon a strategy to tap into fresh ideas and young talent at universities.

In choosing seven "marriages à la mode" in the British literary community between 1910 and the Second World War, Katie Roiphe has hit upon a strategy that allows her to probe the mysteries of marriage with a kind of forensic delicacy.

An attempt in 2003 by William Donaldson, then SEC chairman, to allow shareholders to nominate directors on the company proxy was shelved when bosses objected.Shareholder activists then hit upon a strategy that, it seemed, bosses could not block: voting to change company bylaws to allow contested elections on the official proxy.

It believes it has hit upon a brilliant strategy to deliver exciting new services and guarantee future growth.

But now, tenants and housing lawyers have hit upon a novel strategy intended to make the bank that owns the mortgage responsible for upkeep and repairs.

Finally the Greeks have hit upon a brilliant strategy: build a gigantic home for the marbles and all this extra Acropolis treasure, push it under the noses of the Trojans, sorry British, and wait for their hard hearts and barren minds to be moved.

Now, in their latest act of cynicism, the foes of therapeutic cloning have hit upon a legal strategy that both closes off its beneficial applications - since no reputable scientist would proceed with such research in the absence of a regulatory framework - and opens the door to what no one wants: the creation of new people by cloning.

Drab male guppies have hit upon a mating strategy that could be easily adapted to the bar scene: Home in on the female besieged by ugly males.

By trying new approaches and taking risks, the campaign hit upon numerous winning strategies and tactics that may have wide application for fund-raisers beyond the world of politics.

Indeed by deploying Denayer - integral to home victory - in that quasi sweeping role and asking Paddy McNair to help Patrick van Aanholt out in subduing the dangerous Robert Snodgrass, Moyes seemed to have hit upon a reasonably successful containment strategy.