gain a foothold
establish a foothold

On land, it took a long time for life to gain a foothold.

Maybe it was his way of gaining a foothold there.

If so, it was to the advantage of them all to gain a foothold.

Brazil used West to gain a foothold with the chief.

It should not be hard to gain a foothold on Toy.

Death has a hard time gaining a foothold in such a universe.

By the end of the day the Battalion had gained a foothold in the town.

Has the Klan ever gained a foothold in the city?

Millions of years later, new life slowly gained a foothold on the land.

This cautious approach has gained a foothold in our law.

However, they managed to gain a foothold in the southern part of the island.

Nationalism must not be allowed to gain a foothold in Europe again.

More recently, the summer tourism industry has gained a foothold in the village.

The temperance movement began to gain a foothold as a result.

Then the terrorists gained a foothold in the twentieth century.

Still, the higher price has gained a foothold here.

American forces had by then only managed to gain a foothold in the industrial district to the south of the city.

Until then no national fast-food franchise had ever gained a foothold.

But it has clearly gained a foothold after a decade of experimentation.

Without weapons, you will never gain a foothold on Bajor!

Networks are essential to gain a foothold in Danish society.

In cases where mold has already gained a foothold, building management must decide what, exactly, to do about it.

Another is to gain a foothold in new technologies.

The newest products using Microsoft's technology have gained a foothold, but not a strong position.

Inflation is exceedingly difficult to bring under control once it has gained a foothold.

Others are trying to establish a foothold on the future.

"The whole idea is to help industry establish a foothold in space," he said.

That is why it has established a foothold in Vietnam.

It's important for players who are trying to establish a foothold."

Already the grasses had established a foothold in the turned soil.

He had failed repeatedly to establish a foothold in radio.

"Once they establish a foothold, it's very difficult to get back on top.

China's oil companies are also finally establishing a foothold in Russia after years of striking out.

It seemed, in fact, that efforts to establish a foothold on the outskirts of the city were already under way.

Unless he went someplace where the competition had yet to establish a foothold.

"But this is an opportunity to establish a foothold in an as yet untapped market."

It had been only three years since the first settlers had established a foothold here.

Several merchant companies have been attempting to establish a foothold in the region, with limited success.

Establishing a foothold, the Anzacs found an advance to be impossible.

In the last two years, the company has begun to establish a foothold in the Northeast.

It has to fight to establish a foothold.

At present, several major companies are scrambling to establish a foothold in a market that is widely expected to grow rapidly.

Hands that had dared to establish a foothold on an isolated planet, far from the center of the Federation.

Lower production costs of tea's main rival, coffee, also helped prevent it from establishing a foothold.

There are other problems, endemic to any cultural institution trying to establish a foothold in an economically troubled area.

"They'll establish a foothold by offering to help out with the investigation in Bali, and then we'll see the influx."

France established a foothold at Fort Caroline just north of here."

Eventually he managed to return and establish a foothold in Scania.

Early on, Thorstensson worked to establish a foothold in the technical work industry.

Then, as now, the Israeli government debated how to handle the conquered areas while the settlers established a foothold in this city.