Both companies have struggled to gain a foothold in smartphones.

Advanced technology may provide clues to the intriguing question whether life can gain a foothold on other worlds.

The sales of multimillion-pound properties hit a record high last year, even as those down the ladder struggled to gain a foothold.

Those who said one thing but did another found it more difficult to gain a foothold.

It can't be allowed to gain a foothold.

Inside our homes our efforts to be more environmentally friendly could help other unwelcome species to regain a foothold in our cupboards.

These are heavy birds, and tumble about on the thin, flexible twigs to get at the berrries, flapping their wings noisily to regain their foothold.

It's as if they're fighting to regain a foothold and re-establish themselves in a world that's changing, trying to hold onto something that - in reality - isn't there any more.

But then they steadied, regained their foothold and, incredibly, nearly scored again.

In the 1980s, flesh-eating disease regained a foothold.

He doubled his holding two years later but went $1.3bn into debt to secure his foothold.

He failed to secure a foothold in midfield.

A further break in the sixth game secured a foothold that needed to be underpinned by saving three break points in the ninth game.

The small engineering services company specialises in installing, maintaining and decommissioning energy plants and has a strong foothold in the nuclear industry.

The bank currently operates in almost 130 countries, whilst still maintaining a strong foothold on the mainland banking industry.

Right choices of films will ensure a strong foothold for him in the industry.

Its title sequence helped lend the show a credibility and gravitas normally reserved for cinema, giving it a stronger foothold in the mind and memory of the audience.