Sentences with phrase «gain a foothold for»

It lacks the latest tech and its inconsistent hardware and software design are unworthy of the marque, and hints at a product rushed to market to gain a foothold for the Playstation brand.

But the effect of our struggle to gain a foothold for both efficiency and renewables has also helped the energy industry spread the lies that renewable energy can only be a minor source of power.

Getting Swift into the hands of upstart developers is a pretty clear win for the company, much the same way that Macs and iPads in the classroom helped the company gain a foothold for decades as those students graduated and starting making their own purchasing decisions.

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From saving a virtually priceless collection of art to providing a path for small businesses to gain a foothold, relationship capital in the Motor City is being leveraged every which way.

In March, Patricio told a crowd of marketers in Belgium that he believes it takes a minimum of five years for any brand to gain a foothold in China: «We're betting bigtime on Bud and Harbin.»

In - vehicle video ads: Companies like Go Vugo have been around for a couple years but haven't quite gained a foothold with the driver community.

American companies, hoping to capitalize on India's gigantic consumer base, have been lining up to enter the market and acquisitions have proven to be an important way for them to gain a foothold.

Rather, the reconstruction of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, with facilities like New Lab, will provide a home for the new face of manufacturing in the U.S. Uncle Sam is gaining a foothold in some of the earlier stages of manufacturing, a process called prototyping, and in some of the more sophisticated, advanced types of manufacturing.

The problem with this approach is that it constrains competition and makes it even more difficult for newcomers to gain a foothold in an economy.

Some of those issues are driven by a trend for drivers to take maximum - and unhelpful - advantage of the inducements offered by Uber as it attempts to gain a foothold.

The U.S. National Security Strategy notes that «China is gaining a strategic foothold in Europe» and calls for joint action with European allies to «contest China's unfair trade and economic practices and restrict its acquisition of sensitive technologies.»

The complaint contends that the banks conspired to block efforts by upstart electronic firms to gain a foothold in the market for lending shares to short sellers, using their own consortium, EquiLend, to that end.

This debt issue may have many different varieties of people attempting to gain a foothold in this stalemate, but i think that the time for partisan politics should have ended months ago.

For many years I have struggled with deep seated doubts about Protestantism which clings so blindly to the Reformation's Sola Scriptura overreaction which gained its foothold at a time when «enlightenment» was only just beginning to teach us how to sign our names other than with an «X».

Here we find not only our earliest creation story (that of the first chapter of Genesis, as we shall note presently, came much later) and the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden for their disobedience, but also the doings of the patriarchs — Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Joseph in Egypt, Moses leading his people through the desert, Joshua leading them in their rugged attempts to gain a foothold in Canaan.

Biological nature gains a normative foothold in her thought, but for a new reason.

Canadian dairy giant Saputo has gained a foothold in Australia after outbidding Bega and Murray Goulburn for the nation's fourth - largest dairy processor, Warrnambool Cheese & Butter.

«This project is part of our global strategy to gain an even stronger foothold in the frozen cultures area, particularly for the fresh dairy industry.

«[Sunday] was just special and then it's always difficult for your opponents to gain a foothold when they are so far behind after 15 minutes.»

It was hardly the sort of thing to increase the pressure on our London rivals Chelsea who sit one place above us in the league table and for some time it looked as though the Blues would stroll to victory themselves, but despite and early goal and plenty more chances, they allowed West Ham to gain a foothold and then claim a point through a Javier Hernandez strike.

These are two trends which become fertile environment for various sorts of crises in which its stabilizing role will be called to play for the sake of saving Russians abroad or philo - Russian citizens in these countries, or for gaining a foothold in a situation to which the EU attaches much significance.

In Brussels and Paris there are quite a few areas that are like this, that's then the ideal place for ISIS to gain a foothold as it's also close to high value targets.

In what will be a hotly contested race pitting Avella against other campaign heavyweights like City Councilman Peter Vallone and Leroy Comrie, Lobbyist Melinda Katz, and Senator Jose Peralta, despite the strong opposition Avella is said to be mulling a chance to stand out from the crowd to gain a foothold in boro - wide politics for another shot at Mayor in 2017.

Republican candidates have found it difficult to gain a foothold in some parts of Queens, but the GOP remains dedicated to providing an alternative to Queens County Democratic candidates and have since stepped up efforts with youth outreach, voter registration drives, and dedicating full support for Councilman Dan Halloran's bid for Congress.

The election is especially important for the Queens Republican Party, which is trying to gain a foothold on three tiers of government.

Clearly, it had no effect but to allow the problem to grow worse and for the Chinese to gain a greater foothold in the destruction of our precious Ghana.

Intense comet bombardment near the galaxy's centre may make it tough for life to gain a foothold there.

As companies and marketers take advantage of the power and ubiquity of mobile devices, and it becomes easier for consumers to carry out financial transactions via smartphones, researchers suspect online attackers will attempt to gain their own foothold in the market.

Even though southern Asia has all the prerequisites for yellow fever — monkeys, mosquitoes, a warm climate — the disease has never gained a foothold on the world's most populous continent.

Those emissions would make it impossible for life to gain a foothold within many light - years.

«We now have a foothold in our understanding of a molecular difference between nymph and adult psyllids in their guts, which CLas exploits to gain entry into the insect vector,» said Heck, who is lead investigator for the project.

For instance, Ancha said, a recent survey showed that community leaders living along the coast of eastern China's Zhejiang province have little knowledge of climate change, and sea - level rise has failed to gain a foothold in the government's priorities.

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Irish actor Robert Sheehan delivers a nicely nuanced performance as Picasso's friend, Carles Casagemas, a young artist who could never gain a foothold in his career and whose life spiraled downward in a haze of alcoholism, opium addiction and unrequited love for a young prostitute named Germaine (Emma Appleton).

One of the benefits of living in this day and age of myriad scripted entertainment, or «Peak TV» if you want to be trendy, is that it allows for more niche ideas to gain a foothold in the television landscape.

While making routine patrol stops, or at least routine for the area, the two stumble upon the machinations of a major drug cartel that is gaining a foothold in the United States, an event that will have ramifications that they can't begin to imagine.

Gangster Squad (R for profanity and graphic violence) Mob saga, set in the Forties, revolving around the efforts of a half - dozen detectives to prevent the Mafia from gaining a foothold in Los Angeles.

The case for Spielberg being our most accomplished torturer and exploiter of children and their grief gains another foothold here.

She's got more than just pretty looks going for her but starring in throwaways like this and January's «That Awkward Moment» is not helping her cause to gain a foothold in the states.

If reformers gain a foothold on local boards, perhaps labor - management negotiations will finally result in good outcomes for kids.

E-learning is well - used in organizations today for corporate training and it's all poised to gain a firmer foothold with the latest technology - enabled learning solutions that are making training mor...

One of the ways Kia gained a foothold in the market is in offering more equipment than the competition for less money, and that continues with the Spectra: The $ 15,995 base price gets you air conditioning, power heated outside mirrors, fog lights, a six - speaker stereo with CD player, cruise control, power locks and windows, remote locking and a tilt steering wheel.

As much as the Frontier, the larger Titan (and Tundra) have failed to gain a foothold in this gigantic segment - the Tacoma is a reliable sales engine for Toyota, with extremely loyal owners who swear by the midsize truck's charms.

But it puts the pressure on authors to price their eBooks lower, to offer some or all of them for free, and to do it with a smile on their face, even as they are (metaphorically) cutting off pieces of themselves to gain a foothold in the fickle book market.

Ad revenue depends on the amount of time spent reading the news, he said, and therefore the proliferation of tablets will help the online newspaper industry to gain a new foothold for the first time in 40 years.

It is critical to get this launch done on time, or the uphill battle to gain a foothold in the tablet business may be too much, even for Microsoft.

It might be the perfect opportunity for independent publishers and independent writers to gain a foothold in a voracious marketplace, one that's not as conventional as a bookstore, but is deeply entrenched in the book - reading ecosystem nonetheless.

If our regular Android manufacturers started offering tablets for $ 250 or so, they would've not only helped themselves gain a strong foothold in the tablet market as a strong Android tablet brand, but they would've helped the whole Android ecosystem take off, too.

Robo - advisors, for example, have managed to gain a foothold in the wealth management space largely by offering a much more thoughtful user experience when it comes to managing a portfolio.

Once it becomes possible to make a living promoting the Shiller model, there will be hundreds of businesses formed to help investors invest effectively and it will be impossible for Buy - and - Hold strategies ever again to gain a foothold.