Sentence examples for the next foothold from inspiring English sources

"That night," Ms. Gordimer writes, "he made love to her with the reciprocal tenderness -- call it whatever old name you like -- that he had guarded against -- with a few lapses -- couldn't afford its commitment, in his situation, must be able to take whatever the next foothold might offer".

In the daily slog of life, it's easy to get caught always looking at the next foothold up the trail, the next thing on the to-do list.

"Having said that, the president is prepared to do this administratively," Mr. Shea said, noting that the effort would not be "as robust" but that "the goal here will be to gain a foothold, an irreversible foothold on the next generation" of pollution controls.

Males will need both guts and guile to ensure their genes get a foothold in the next generation.

At the same time, the Kremlin has used its control over the election laws, government agencies and the news media to ensure that the opposition has little if any chance of gaining a foothold in the next Parliament.

The position and orientation of the robot are systematically adjusted and the possibility of finding a valid foothold for the next swing is maximized, which makes the robot have more chances to overcome the rough terrains.

But it can also do the more careful navigation on rough terrain where we need to plan really one foothold after the next.

Indeed, Zuckerberg had to buy Instagram for $1 billion in pre-IPO stock and WhatsApp for 10% of Facebook's post-IPO market cap to ensure his company could maintain a strong foothold in social for the next 3-5 years.

Tech companies are now aiming to establish footholds in these regions, as the next large swath of internet users come online.

"We got a lot of forces on the ground, the enemy can't move, we've secured a foothold, and we're moving into the next phase," he said.

Investors are paying up to get an early foothold in the new field of photonics, the next leap in the information revolution.