Voorbeelden van gain

• You can't gain access to the computer system without entering your password.

• The whole episode was a blatant attempt to gain publicity.

• He gained a reputation as being a staunch defender of civil rights.

• The pacifist movement is gaining increasing support among young people.

• This policy may appeal to the party faithful, but will it gain the support of uncommitted voters?

• The spacecraft will fly round Earth to gain momentum for its trip to Jupiter.

• The rock gains speed as it rolls down the slope.

• The kitchen clock is gaining time.

• He has gained weight since giving up smoking.

• You have gained 20 cm since I last measured you.

• Many people get caught in a vicious circle of dieting and weight gain.

• Electricals made big gains in this afternoon's trading on Wall Street.

• The collapse of its rivals brought fortuitous gains to the company.

• The election returns produced a confusing picture of gains and losses.

• The party made modest gains in the elections, but nothing like the huge gains that were predicted.

• This concept has gained importance in recent years, and may give an indication of the qualitative level of an institution's study programme, teaching and learning.

• To gain market advantage, a manufacturer should outclass competitors in either quality or cost or quick response, or a combination of one or more.

• No further gains were achieved in the last decade of the century, during which the third- and fourth-generation cultivars replaced the original introduced cultivars.

• Furthermore, the way in which this threshold is applied also affects the number and nature of political parties gaining representation.

• A relatively high threshold, say at 7.5 %, is likely to result in fewer parties gaining representation than where the threshold is comparatively lower.

• Numerous political parties have gained representation, and they all have a stake in the survival of the regime.

• How could they gain recruits for their war on hearts and minds?

• As the stimulus became larger, more long-range axons were recruited into the collective oscillation, thereby increasing the gain of the feedback circuit.

• The thermal mass in superinsulated housing is not able to store all this solar energy, so the useful solar gains are greatly reduced.

• These gains in private technical efficiency raise social costs as the technological resource stock externality is exacerbated.

• But they also are found to encourage too much agricultural production and too little timber production to maximize gains from economic development.

• First, how do the opportunities for private gain differ in different electoral systems?

• For example, if students who pick harder stories make greater gains in reading, which is cause and which is effect?

• For example, if the claimant suffered no loss, must wrongfully acquired gains be disbursed?

• They all gained some position of status, never mind how, sufficient to win the respect of the general public.