1.   As the Internet gathers pace, so too will its impact on the political scene.

2.   Support for European unity began to gather pace.

3.   Interest rates would come down as the recovery gathered pace.

4.   Lamont declared it to be a budget for recovery which he predicted would start slowly but gather pace.

5.   Much as technology seems to gather pace with the development of more and more sophisticated equipment so do the methods employed by the many users.

6.   So as the unofficial electioneering gathers pace, Mr Kinnock is keeping an eye on the date.

7.   WOMEN are now becoming infected with the HIV virus at the worldwide rate of two a minute as the AIDS epidemic gathers pace, an international expert claimed today.

8.   And traders agree that interest in heating fuels has gathered pace this week following cooler weather in the Northeast.

9.   As a result companies have started firing workers, and analysts are worried social agitation could gather pace.

10.   As the bid to top them gathered pace, the Hindu nationalists fought back.