secure footing

I decided that our lives must be put on a more secure footing.

It is the most significant step thus far in moving Tribe onto a more secure footing.

Most of their pauses had been made to give her better light so she could find secure footing down the slope.

"We would see what we could do to put the country on a more secure footing," he said.

Even assuming that we have such a secure footing, the question remains as to what conclusions should be drawn.

Chester froze, digging with his toes for a secure footing.

The Commission must put its communication on a statistically secure footing if we are not to continue building castles in the air.

Spock tested the ground ahead with his boot, found a secure footing, and stepped forward.

This greatly impressed his relative, and gave him a secure footing in the chateau.

His middle set of legs fell through the foliage, and he had to scramble for a moment to recover secure footing.

I swung over and allowed myself to drop, hoping I would be able to find secure footing.

Sunfish scrambled with his feet for secure footing, found it and waded up to the front door.

Finding secure footing was tricky, and the Doctor nearly twisted his ankle on three separate occasions.

Her feathers were rippling up and down like leaves in the breeze as she struggled to get a secure footing on me.

I hastened to the cliff edge above Ja and helped him to a secure footing.

Since she was the only one retaining secure footing, until this point, a splendid crash was in the making.

And Friday's opening night concert was an impressively polished affair that found the series on a secure footing.

As soon as I reach secure footing again, I'll lower the line."

A start that requires jumping up into the first move is a little easier provided you're connecting with a decent grip and secure footing.

It wasn't until the company developed theme parks and moved into television that it found a secure footing.

Just enough light filtered in through crevices to enable them to find secure footing as the passage wound into the mountain.

Fortunately, the path was comfortably graded, and dressed stone from bottom to top offered secure footing.

The rocks were damp and slick, providing little secure footing, but there was ample brush growing out through the cracks.

In part because of this, he was on somewhat less secure footing than conventional wisdom would suggest for a six-term incumbent.

For this route Alpine experience, secure footing and no fear of heights are indispensable, even though it is well safeguarded.