1.   Although the balance of power is shifting against the commission, in absolute terms it will gain power.

2.   Bandaranaike used Sinhalese chauvinism to gain power, but found he could not control it.

3.   But when the Conservatives gained power they did nothing to implement the scheme.

4.   For Decades, politicians have been trying to gain power in Washington by separating themselves from Washington.

5.   Many women wanted to gain power in a male-dominated world.

6.   Nor was it through magic alone that the impulse arose to gain power over nature.

7.   Perhaps it would be best to defeat the Foundation and gain the power Wienis spoke of.

8.   Quite suddenly, they had gained the power to confer respectability.

9.   The only trouble with gaining power over our lives is that it is people like us who have the power.

10.   This is just another shameless attempt by the Opposition to gain power at any cost.