Sentences with phrase «boots on the ground»

Expanding to a new market requires boots on the ground to ensure you understand the unique nature of consumption patterns, marketing strategies and business laws.

«We were his boots on the ground, if you would,» he said.

And if there is an earthquake or some tragedy in a country they serve, they are immediately there with boots on the ground.

But there no question of any EU «boots on the ground» in Libya, which has become a main launching point for people traffickers since being plunged into chaos with two rival governments and a significant number of Islamic State militants, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said last week.

The latest acquisition marks a pivotal moment in Calima's Montney strategy, which will now see the Perth - listed company shift from acquisition mode to an operational focus with boots on the ground.

The most common way companies conducted business abroad was through foreign partners, at 37 %, followed by their own boots on the ground, at 35 %.

Often, examining small business ownership trends can point the way toward a truer picture, with actual boots on the ground.

«We're looking for opportunities to do more, and there will be boots on the ground — I want to be clear about that — but it's a strategic question, whether you are enabling local forces to take and hold, rather than trying to substitute for them.»

Carter said the United States would continue to keep boots on the ground, but would remain focused on advising and assisting Iraqi, Kurdish and Syrian Arab forces to take and hold territory.

One tip you can't get anywhere else... one piece of hard - won advice... one expert recommendation... can potentially save you tons of money before and / or when you get your own boots on the ground in Panama.

The next step was boots on the ground scouting.

With no boots on the ground in mainland China, it would be difficult for me to determine whether or not the Chinese middle class speculators have learned their lesson just yet, but my gut tells me that the answer is no.

«Having the critical mass and the people — the boots on the ground — we believe enables us to have our finger on the pulse of what's going on in the leasing markets and address that from a renewal and new tenant standpoint, but also more importantly from an investment standpoint,» Mr. Adamakakis said.

When I travel, it's to either build and maintain relationships, or to put boots on the ground and seek out risks and opportunities first hand.

Dev4Health brings top - tier «boots on the ground» panel discussions, interactive labs, and technical talks to help developers build on emerging digital health technologies and trends and navigate within an open source API ecosystem.

But dial in and get your boots on the ground and you'll see the differences and similarities that become significant to you personally.

So there's not enough margin for that and the airbnb management industry hasn't yet matured enough to the point where they have boots on the ground managers in... they may have those in major cities like New York or San Francisco but certainly in a city like Atlanta, that isn't there yet.

well, if it were up to The right side... we would Stop the drone strikes, put MORE boots on the ground, Increase Defense spending... and rattle some sabers.

If the first scenario stirs you to demand boots on the ground, but the other doesn't, perhaps some soul - searching is in order.

This passage has so many «applications» to the believers who are boots on the ground and grinding it out as they live by faith on a daily basis.

As long as the US is supporting boots on the ground in other nations, the last thing those men and women want to hear is «sorry, no more financial support for your job.»

A Conservative MP has told Premier air strikes may not be enough to defeat Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and that we shouldn't rule out the possibility of boots on the ground.

This technology allows a small company like ours to have «boots on the ground» nationwide, quickly and at low cost.

This isn't an easy season for me to leave the roost, but I wish I could be there with boots on the ground, holding babies and feeding people.

I have also spoken to the boots on the ground people who work for these companies.

I sure could use some insights from someone with boots on the ground.

Get your boots on the ground and see what options they have as well as what choices your kids are making.

And we've got legal boots on the ground — very important.

«When we provide support to our partners, we are not just providing extra helping hands or more boots on the ground, we are privileged to directly witness the realities animals face and to better care for nature through our relationship with it.»

«Putting boots on the ground and having one on one conversations with voters has always been the WFP's strong suit.

Thus, a unique effort was expended (boots on the ground vs. yet another drone strike) to confirm his capture / killing and set people's minds at ease.

One of his opponents, Yen Chou, just landed the endorsement of the powerful UFT, which, like HTC, is known for being able to deliver a lot of boots on the ground for its preferred candidates.

The MyBO Web site served as the hub for electoral activities, with spokes that reached to an array of platforms, all of which drove conversation back to the Web site in order to engage the people, empower the voices, raise the money and get the boots on the ground needed to win the election.

Large scale «boots on the ground» intervention is off the table for a host of legal, fiscal and political reasons, and even the notion of arming the rebels is a tactic that has sparked widespread condemnation.

Richard Dannatt as a former head of the army and having written his autobiography has now produced Boots on the Ground Britain and Her Army Since 1945.

Basically, Krebs said that Dean's biggest mistake was in being unable to translate his Internet following into effective «boots on the ground» community building in Iowa (the infamous «orange hats» brigade, for example).

Mr Obama had to disown him by asserting that the «US military doesn't do pin pricks»» After Mr Kerry had opened the door to «boots on the ground», Mr Obama ruled them out.

But Lewis fears any intervention could lead to boots on the ground.

It needs boots on the ground.

Tony will have to get enough boots on the ground and run the ultimate pull operation to have a fighting chance against a strong County - backed candidate like John Liu.

YouGov reports that the majority of Britons are in favour of air strikes against IS, but are opposed in nearly equal numbers to «putting boots on the ground.»

And they're backing it up with promises of both financial help and boots on the ground assistance.

Faria said much of that would materialize to what groups provided during the primary: «mobilizing volunteers, financial contributions, phone banking, providing boots on the ground.

He has, for example, said that he wants to «knock the hell out of» ISIS, and not ruled out American boots on the ground.

One thing I'll never forget from my trip was a visit to San Carlos, the stunning natural harbour where UK troops first put boots on the ground.

According to your explanation, you meant «surging» in the departments of campaign contributions and boots on the ground and Amedore's ads turning blunt.

It's why the logic of an extended air campaign is mission creep and western boots on the ground — whatever the Prime Minister may say now....

Gibson, a retired army officer, is a proponent of boots on the ground, and it paid off on Election Day.

Oh, and the public - sector unions would be able to continue their campaign ground operations, which are of inestimable value, even as challengers would have to pay for every boot on the ground, eating into their spending cap.

Cuomo is only interested in increasing his own power and DiNapoli is only interested in delivering for the unions (so they will write him big checks and put boots on the ground for him come election day).