31.   This deal, a biotech-industry record, gives Amgen a firm footing in the multibillion-dollar market in inflammation control.

32.   To lift a heavy object from the floor, move close to the load and make sure you have firm footing.

33.   U.S. sales of new single-family homes rose in June, maintaining a level high enough to suggest housing entered the third quarter on firm footing, government figures showed.

34.   Bush wants to make sure the recovery remains on firm footing.

35.   But he stressed that currently the economy appears to be on a firm footing.

36.   Despite the current slowdown, the Indian economy is on firm footing, according to Indian Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram.

37.   During that time, the authorities, lead by Bank Negara,undertook the tedious and painstaking task of nursing the banking sectorback to a firm footing.

38.   He wants to make sure the recovery stays on firm footing.

39.   In the process, he has restored morale for the movement and, despite holding no government post, established a firm footing for himself.

40.   Last minute negotiations to put a bilateral U.S.-Japanese insurance deal on a firm international footing, were also wrapped up.