Sentence examples for secure a firm from inspiring English sources
Parties supportive of the most liberal policies, such as Grigory Yavlinsky's Yabloko (Apple) party, found themselves unable to secure a firm base outside the intelligentsia.
Pope Innocent III made it his first order of business to secure a firm papal position in Rome and in the Vatican.
"My goal in politics from the very beginning has been, and will be, the goal of giving Ukraine a chance to finally secure a firm footing in the world as a competitive, independent and real European state," she said.
These were never popular with his core supporters in the western province of Alberta, but were grudgingly accepted as necessary to secure a firm majorityThe world too has moved on.
In 1703 Peter laid the foundations of his new capital, St . Petersburg(called Leningrad between 1924 and 1991), at the mouth of the Neva River; the site was chosen to secure a firm footing on the Gulf of Finland and to open direct sea access to western Europe.
According to the White House, the summit is due to happen "by May," leaving a narrow window to settle three essential questions: Officially, the American objective at the summit is to secure a firm agreement that North Korea will give up its nuclear weapons.
In the second half of the 9th century, Swedish peasant chieftains secured a firm foothold in what is now western Russia and Ukraine and ruthlessly exploited the Slav population.
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mathematicians and philosophers of mathematics became preoccupied with the idea of securing a firm foundation of mathematics.
A compromise formula negotiated by emissaries — an Israeli apology for operational mistakes — was previously rejected mainly because Israel didn't feel it had secured a firm Turkish commitment to refrain from legal action against Israelis involved in the raid and a clear path to normalizing relations.
A former official in Ortega's administration said, "The conservative peasants who thirty years ago may well have shouted 'Long live Reagan' may today shout 'Viva Ortega.' " Although Ortega's party was widely accused of fraud in municipal elections in 2008, he secured a firm majority in the Assembly.
Experimental moral philosophy offers to help us make progress on some of these questions by securing a firm empirical foundation for the relevant claims or debunking them where necessary.
