It does so because it believes that recessions are a great time to gain ground on the competition. |
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Havant in the main were using kicks to gain ground, which given the ground conditions, was a sound ploy. |
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Farnworth were robbed of their big chance to gain ground on Egerton when their head-to-head was washed out on Saturday. |
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The result has seen them gain ground on rivals Spain and France but they are still well adrift of leaders Brazil. |
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Furthermore, the driving maul and the scrum began to gain ground and the backs started running on to the ball. |
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If there was a chance for the men's hockey team to gain ground on a playoff spot, it came twofold last weekend. |
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If the progressive agenda is to gain ground we do not have the luxury to be tribal in our approach. |
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Favorable weather is helping firefighters gain ground on a ferocious wildfire in Southern California. |
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He expects it to gain ground on rivals and hopes that this will marginalise his critics. |
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Fire officials hoped cooler weather and diminished winds in the next few days would help crews gain ground on the blazes. |
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The severity of the Depression caused the CPC's ranks to swell, and the party began to gain ground among Canadian workers. |
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Isolationism, unilateralism, and protectionism would gain ground. |
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Gremio did not pass up the chance to gain ground on Sao Paulo, steamrolling now-relegated Ipatinga 4-1 away from home. |
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Investors are now wondering if the JPY will continue to gain ground against the EUR and Pound in today's trading. |
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The race looks to be a close and competitive as ever, as we are aiming to gain ground on the few boats ahead of us, while keeping those behind just there. |
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A much greater emphasis on sanitation is required in order to gain ground in this often-neglected area. |
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The fight for freedom of expression is never conclusively won. But day by day, little by little, we can gain ground. |
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For its part, Martell continues to gain ground, registering sustained growth in the cognacs category. |
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It is extremely important to take this step so that French continues to gain ground in the workplace. |
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Canada must not pass on this opportunity to gain ground in the field of international economic efficiency. |
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Once this is acknowledged, much simpler arguments can gain ground politically. |
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In the light of recent events in Iraq and elsewhere, the idea of adopting a new instrument is starting to gain ground. |
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Well-received by the public, it also helped them to gain ground, little by little, outside their native region. |
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So the neo-con label might not fit but certainly there are signs in a number of areas of Europe that a more radical approach to foreign policy could gain ground on the left. |
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Most emerging currencies are projected to gain ground against the U. S. dollar and, to a lesser extent, the Canadian dollar. |
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In 1986, Honda introduced the successful Acura brand to the American market in an attempt to gain ground in the luxury vehicle market. |
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Tomorrow, distribution by cable may, however, gain ground. |
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I am confident that this insight will gradually gain ground in Moscow, especially as the other Warsaw Pact countries see things the same way as we do. |
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We gain ground, then we lose ground, so it's disappointing. |
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In Belgium, Flemish separatists gain ground. |
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But with mounting bills, she cannot seem to gain ground. |
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These programmes really started to gain ground after the Second World War. |
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In the face of so many silences, so many self-interests and so many facades, we must gain ground and widen actual freedom in order to consolidate genuine democracy. |
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If a national currency's exchange corridor is widened with respect to the euro, then inflation, which is already high, may gain ground and further postpone the entry of the new Member States into the euro area. |
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The main objective is naturally to gain ground on our different markets. |
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The merged company would have no incentive to forego revenue in the profitable treatment markets in order to gain ground in the more competitive markets for collection in the Netherlands. |
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The Group generally approaches a new market with two product families, cookware and irons, and this strategy enables it to build and consolidate a strong base, before progressively widen its offer and gain ground. |
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These conditions mean he can be expected to gain ground on most of his rivals, and there will undoubtedly be changes in the leader board before the day is through. |
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They must know which studies and which approaches to senior officials, policies and the media will enable them to advance their cause and gain ground. |
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The stability of this system came from a complex equilibrium, fed by a terror of nuclear war, where, in the end, each side looked to maintain the status quo all the while trying to gain ground on their adversary. |
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Two highly invasive exotic plant species that have a major impact on plant diversity-reed canary-grass and common reed-have continued to gain ground. |
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Strong designs such as ikats and ethnic looks and big, chunky textures also continued to gain ground. |
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Until about 1100, the predominant language of the area was Romansch, but thereafter German began to gain ground in the territory. |
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From the early 1900s, however, Labour candidates began to gain ground and dominated local government from the 1920s onwards. |
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The First Battle of Passchendaele on 12 October was another Allied attempt to gain ground around Passchendaele. |
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Enlightenment ideas began to gain ground among some of the kingdom's elite and monarchy. |
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From the end of 1857, the British had begun to gain ground again. |
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