gain

• gain access

  It can be used to gain access to libraries or computer rooms in the buildings.

• order to gain

  Foals have to become part of the herd immediately after birth in order to gain the protection of the herd from lions and hyenas.

• fail to gain

  Should a party polling a majority of votes fail to gain a majority of seats in the House, extra seats are allocated until a majority of one seat is achieved.

• i gain

• weight gain

  The main effect of the adult worms is to cause production loss in terms of diminished weight gain.

• attempt to gain

  It was probably effective the first time, but now it is looked on as a desperate move, a last ditch attempt to gain attention.

• gain entry

  Last season, Dungannon won the Ulster League which qualified them for a ‘round-robin’ series with the other provincial winners in a bid to gain entry to the AIL .

• capital gain

  Nordic Capital, with a 20% holding, has put its capital gain at SK200m.

• gain experience

  She was studying modern languages and had spent the previous year working in France to gain experience.

• net gain

  In overall terms, there was a net gain of 9 per cent in the population of rural districts between 1951 and 1961, mainly owing to overspill from towns like Darlington and some growth in market towns such as Barnard Castle.

• gain control

  It was only another instance of his drive to gain control, she told herself.

• able to gain

  He seems to be on talking terms with the creator and is able to gain permission to tempt Job in a number of horrible ways.

• gain or loss

  By s.21(1), above, the gain or loss need not be for the accused or to the victim.

• gain under

  (2.2): It is to conduct the phase current (2 A) and must have the highest possible current gain under saturated conditions.

• gain confidence

  She will gain confidence in communication and management skills, and her own knowledge will be tested.

• stand to gain

  As one vice-chancellor said to New Scientist this week, ‘a government scientist does not stand to gain anything by backing a successful idea.

• use to gain

• expect to gain

  The rich and any poor (risk-averse) non-participants cannot expect to gain from any revolution and will be happy to see potential revolutionaries bought off.

• gain greater

  Specifying ANDF alongside standards such as X/Open and GOSIP would allow users to fulfill their hardware and software requirements and gain greater leverage over suppliers in procurement deals, says Robertson.

• gain weight

  On ceasing smoking many people gain weight, which can be 10lb (4.5kg) or even more.

• need to gain

  They need to gain confidence and the child needs the opportunity to learn how the parent can establish limits.