Sentence examples for on a firmly from inspiring English sources

In most cases, this trajectory will be on a firmly downward slant.

Khamenei has kept Iran on a firmly anti-U.S. path, pushing ahead with its nuclear ambitions despite international pressure and sanctions.

Ms. Lagarde said Cyprus needed to make substantial spending cuts "to put debt on a firmly downward path," including in areas like social welfare programs.

The focus of this adjustment profile should be to put public debt on a firmly downward path faster than envisaged in the 2009 budget".

Framed by a poster of a newly built bridge, Mark Rutte, the liberal VVD prime minister, and Diederik Samsom, the PvdA (Labour Party) leader, laid out a governing programme that sets the country on a firmly centrist course.

Cuts in pensions and welfare benefits will bring savings worth another 4.5% of GDP in the medium term "to achieve a 4% of GDP primary surplus by 2018, which is required to put debt on a firmly downward path".

This paper compares and contrasts the ACS document with representative codes of ethics from several sources, demonstrating that the non-ACS documents rest on a firmly-stated ethical basis and meet other criteria for communicating the primary position of safety.

With Full Frontal, Bee is poised to take Stewart's lead in hitting current affairs head on, but from a firmly feminist perspective.

She stressed the safety measures she takes – the gloves, the builder's face mask, the sterilisation – and the need for the placenta to be put on ice in a firmly sealed container as soon as possible after the birth.

Moving forward though, 3view also has one eye firmly on a very different business model to its consumer facing play, explained Blackwell.

It uses hooklike claws to hold on firmly.