Sentence examples for yield ground from inspiring English sources

And there is no reason either to think that China will yield ground on the broader philosophical point.

Dominant groups yield ground reluctantly, especially to those who are regarded as having simply settled for a job instead of choosing a more prestigious profession.

While Mr. Wen refused to yield ground on the yuan, he struck a conciliatory tone about another issue important to E.U. leaders: global warming.

Some argue that the U.S. cannot afford to yield ground in Helmand taken by the Marines last year, before the current counterinsurgency approach was fully cooked.

I'm surprised by what The School for Scandal became in 2011 – but I'm more surprised by the critics' refusal to yield ground.

The Americans say this situation has often contributed to decisions by British commanders in the field to back off from confrontations with the Taliban, or yield ground the British forces have lost soldiers in gaining.

Measured as the percentage increase of actual yield, ground-living natural enemies of aphids increased the yield by 23%.

Even with air support and artillery batteries firing relentlessly, Mr. Assad's military has yielded ground.

Gouvion-Saint-Cyr's defenders yielded ground slowly, at great cost to the attackers.

If the company yields ground in the future, it may have as much to do with politics as economics.

The canyon is steep and dusty and not good for the knees, but I liked the stubborn challenge it presented, how it yielded ground by increments and then took it back.