To build a building, you need a competent architect, a viable architectural plan, and a firm foundation.
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That has to be seen as building the base of the recovery out from a firm foundation.
To establish the policy of "constructive opposition", which we adopted after the election, on a firm foundation.
This gives the steady flow of wisecracks a firm foundation of dramatic sense.
As in any relationship, trust is built on a firm foundation of communication.
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The teachers' statement said that the "witness of Gordon Wilson" had given them a firm foundation on which to build.
Unlike the past, it will be set on a firm foundation of men and material, well trained, well equipped and fully funded.
We are standing on a firm foundation, and standing and supported by this firm foundation we tackle the current challenges we both face.
This conference provides an opportunity to lay a firm foundation for solid growth and progress for Least Developed Countries over the next 10 years.
After voting to secede, the leaders of south Sudan must ride on the international goodwill to lay a firm foundation for the development of their country.
And our strategy here at MTB Investment Advisors is very much oriented towards looking for companies with superior business models that provide a firm foundation for long-term, sustainable growth.
The Strategy, which was officially approved by the Prime Minister in December 2011, provides a firm foundation for all sectors and ministries to jointly work on addressing young people's needs.
The Guildhall's chairman of governors, Sir John Carter, said the discussions would build on the "excellent work of the two universities", providing a firm foundation for growth to meet the needs of London.
Notice, the film still clearly targets the female audience, but the book series has a firm foundation of male fans as well, and the film itself is tracking pretty well with male viewers.
The proposals that the President makes are to put our economy back on a firm foundation, but to ensure that we never face the crisis that we did in September of 2008 and that we never have to take the actions that taxpayers did in October of 2008 in loaning hundreds of billions of dollars to cover risky losses.
Do you have a firm financial foundation and the right tax, legal, and insurance counsel?
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More sophisticated production can withstand an appreciated baht, and a firm financial foundation yields lower real interest rates that in turn should foster more genuine investment--a virtuous cycle.
Warren Weiss, a partner at a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, Foundation Capital, followed the company for nearly a year after hearing about it at an investment forum in 2004.
The firm uses a foundation- and endowment-like approach to portfolio construction, investing primarily in early-stage technology companies, with some allocation to life sciences as well as early and growth investments in India and China.
His first business, a small electrical contracting firm, became the foundation of MasTec, one of Miami's largest construction companies.
Mannaz's international revenues are up 10% year over year, and the firm has been commended by the European Foundation for Management Development for its leadership development programs at companies including IT firm Fujitsu.
Hamilton and his successors recognized that a firm dollar was an essential foundation for a lawful society and for economic progress.
Paul Holland of Foundation Capital, a venture firm, points out that many municipalities in America have promised to reduce carbon emissions to 1990 levels.
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Granick, who was also Civil Liberties Director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation before joining her new firm, says she has always given advice to people in the computer security field.
It counts Bill Gates as its largest shareholder, via both his investment firm Cascade and his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The firm will use the money to build the foundation structures for large wind turbine generators in waters over 30 metres (100ft) deep.
The Milken foundation acted like a venture capital firm, funding high-risk projects unlikely to win government grants and wooing young researchers into the field.
Although profits should recover this year, analysts say that it is unlikely that Carlsberg's strategic difficulties will be easily overcome: unless, that is, the foundation's lock on the firm's equity can be removed.
Last month, the Japanese research foundation Institute of Cetacean Research and the Japanese firm Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd. secured a U.S. District Court injunction against Watson and his Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, according to the institute's website.
The Kauffman Firm Survey, an effort by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to track the cohort of new businesses started in 2004, revealed that 47 percent of the founders of surviving firms believed their businesses had a competitive advantage when they were surveyed six years after starting.
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