They struggled to make inroads into a market dominated by a group of Chinese landlords.
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Western insurers (albeit as minority partners with Russian firms) were starting to make inroads into the market.
At the DUP conference late last year Peter Robinson hinted that his party hopes to make inroads into Catholic unionist territory.
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America's Best Buy recently pulled the plug on 11 giant electrical stores after failing to make inroads into the UK market.
Apple continues to make inroads into the enterprise market, with now 70% of the Fortune 100 trialing the iPhone in some capacity.
Industry experts argue that during this time-consuming process, competitors from countries with less stringent export control enforcement can make inroads into the market.
So the market has more than doubled, and while iPad ownership has soared, others are beginning to make inroads into its market share.
Now if they can dismiss Smith for anything under 50 I would think then they can make inroads into the rest of the middle order.
The Guild also hopes to attract more members and make inroads into the gaming industry, where they don't have a lot of control at the moment.
Its Patriotic Union threatened to make inroads into mainstream politics, and was subjected to a manhunt that killed over 3, 000 members and supporters within a decade.
The private sector will make inroads into education, which has become too important a business to leave to hidebound professional educators, bewildered by and uncomfortable with change.
The fatter profit margins for SUVs are a financial lifeline to a Chinese industry that is being squeezed as global brands make inroads into their market for smaller cars.
And after a faltering start, the Asians, particularly Nissan and Toyota, are beginning to make inroads into the market for light trucks and SUVs, and have a load of new products ready for launch.
Saturday's contest marked the first time a Western state has played an early role in the presidential race, and Democrats are counting on Latino voters to help the party make inroads into the region in 2008.
But one novel strategy has been adopted by rival SM Entertainment, which is trying to make inroads into the Chinese market with Exo -- a boy band that performs their songs in Mandarin as well as Korean.
" Adam Quinton, regional telecom analyst with Merrill Lynch in Singapore, agrees: "Both Thailand and Philippines seem to be demonstrating that a new competitor with good marketing and aggressive pricing can make inroads into the incumbent's position once nationwide coverage has been achieved.
The Wiltshire report makes several recommendations, none of which will make great inroads into the problem.
Doing more would require the no-frills to make major inroads into the incumbents' customer base.
Realistically, their challenge is to make significant inroads into those Conservative majorities, especially in Staffordshire and Warwickshire.
In reality, the government's plans appear more likely to make further inroads into the right to privacy.
In fact, Pile says, Apple may soon make new inroads into the corporate IT market with its OS X platform.
Private-label products could make some inroads into the food market, but their threat is likely to be further in the future.
We expect to further solidify our leading position in LTE business in the US market and make further inroads into countries newly adopting the service.
Ryan Jones, wing Williams, Bowe and Collins all did their utmost to make further inroads into the Blues lead, prompting and probing at every opportunity.
The Conservatives had hoped to exploit this kind of disgruntlement to make heavy inroads into Liberal Party strongholds, especially in the highly-populated province of Ontario.
Reeves said VMware should make more inroads into other areas of virtualization, such as desktop PCs and software applications, and focus less on selling products that are similar to Microsoft's.
Rhys Priestland replied with his first opportunity for the Scarlets, who had started to make some inroads into the Blues' half, thanks in no small part to captain David Lyons.
While these increases were substantial, they fall a long way short of the expansion of paid work Mr Piachaud and Ms Sutherland calculate is necessary to make further inroads into child poverty.
From smarter power distribution, to more efficient cities, to digital battlefields, to self-optimizing supply chains, to hyper-targeted products, it all seems possible and the world seems poised to make deep inroads into smart and sustainable development.
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" Joint Chiefs Chairman Henry Shelton was even more blunt: "We're not going to be able to make significant inroads into fixing the modernization and the transformation and the infrastructure at three cents on the dollar.
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