Sentence examples for maintaining a foothold from inspiring English sources

According to Sir James Dyson, the billionaire inventor, Britain's hopes for maintaining a foothold in global manufacturing lie in research and development – generating new ideas.

With the first game of the second set crucial to maintaining a foothold, Sharapova double-faulted twice to give Williams double break point.

This assessment fails to recognize the long-term strategic importance of the United States maintaining a foothold, if not a stronghold, in the region.

Publishers have been watching the bookseller closely for signs that it has developed a cohesive plan for increasing sales and maintaining a foothold in the e-book market, which is dominated by Amazon.com.

It still prints every day and remains an influential player in the region's media community, but that's only after setting-up its own on-line Birmingham Live rolling news service, maintaining a foothold in each camp.

But the EV strategy with Smart is more about maintaining a foothold in what could become the next big market – and restricting options could drive more customers interested in the Smart lineup to begin with to go for the zero emission options that remain.

For about 70 years the Byzantines maintained a foothold in that part of the peninsula.

There appear to be several reasons why foreign fighters have managed to maintain a foothold in Iraq.

Murdoch will maintain a foothold in the European pay-TV business through 21st Century Fox's 39.1% stake in BSkyB.

Both companies are spending heavily to maintain a foothold in light of Apple's success with the iPad.

" 'The Archers' maintains a foothold in what was England -- even though the majority of the British have never experienced it".