Sentence examples for secure firm from inspiring English sources

Even if the Swansea Bay scheme can secure firm funding, it will need planning permission.

Yet there are doubts that Nabucco can secure firm supply contracts in a region where Russia wields influence.

But there are serious doubts that it can secure firm supply contracts in a region like the Caspian, where Russia has influence.

But there have long been doubts that Nabucco can secure firm supply contracts in a region like the Caspian, where Russia wields influence.

Convened by the Clinton Administration, Monday's meeting is intended to secure firm pledges of multibillion-dollar support for the Palestinian National Authority over the next three to five years.

As American jets continued to bomb targets south of Jalalabad -- an area thought to contain hideouts of Osama bin Laden's Qaeda terrorists -- Gen. Fazil Ahmed Azimi, commander of alliance forces in eastern Afghanistan, said his troops hoped to secure firm control of the eastern city within days.

These corporate ligaments secure firms in the face of threats and unify them against competition.

Larger, more financially secure firms buy controlling interest in financially troubled ones, usually because the weaker firm manufactures a highly prized product, has access to markets that the larger company does not, or both.

For banks in Southern European countries, the proposed levy in Cyprus could also prompt consumers to move their money to more secure firms in countries like Germany or France.

To remain secure, firms must evolve the algorithms just as quickly as the attackers.

Firewalls, locked-down desktops (that stop users installing their own software), anti-virus software, limits on the size and type of e-mail attachments were all part of the defences; in very secure firms USB ports were non-existent to stop staff sucking data into or uploading viruses from their MP3 players or USB sticks.