1.   A National Book Award nomination did nothing to kick the book into a higher gear.

2.   In fact, the serious exploration of the surface was just shifting into a higher gear.

3.   Put the car into a higher gear.

4.   Unlike previous Zetor gearboxes, which only had synchromesh on higher gears, the new tractor is all synchro.

5.   As the speed increases, the bicycle shifts to higher gears and the computer reduces the air pressure of the suspension to soften the ride.

6.   As Winning Colors faltered in the waning yards, Personal Ensign seemed to shift into a higher gear as Romero pumped vigorously on her neck.

7.   A conventional automatic can also be shifted manually, of course, but doing so merely locks out the higher gears.

8.   A team that thought it had already been playing hard, discovered another, higher gear.

9.   After two terrible losses to Cleveland, the Bombers are looking to shift into a higher gear.

10.   Buddha won the Wood Memorial three weeks ago and was shifting into higher gears with each successive day.