Sentences with 'footing'
Example sentences and phrases with the word footing and other words derived from it.
• « Afghan insurgents fighting for their freedom charged that Gorbachev was still on a war footing against their nation, and urged him to use the $7,100,000 Nobel Prize to clear Afghan territory of all mines laid by the Soviets. »
• « Over the centuries, the political conception of the American dominions changed. In the early days, the Hispanic monarchy regarded the new lands as Kingdoms of the Indies, that is, as direct dependencies of the sovereign, distinct from Spain and on an equal footing with it. »
• « Moreover, some American colonists considered the colonies to be on equal political footing with Britain. The Sugar Act meant that they were secondary, mere adjuncts of the Empire. »
• « His initiatives marked the beginning of American capitalism, making the republic solvent, promoting trade and establishing the nation on a sound financial footing. »