11.   The secular temper of the times, however, ensured that the more extreme theories connected with evolution continued to gain ground.

12.   The trend gained ground in the United States, where early symphony audiences ached to exude social refinement.

13.   The view that co-operation, not competition, is more conducive for survival is also gaining ground among biologists and ethologists.

14.   These companies appear to have gained some ground on Packard Bell.

15.   There are signs that the party is gaining ground in the latest polls.

16.   The Christian right has been steadily gaining ground in state politics.

17.   Is it utopian to hope that such iconoclastic ideas will gain ground?

18.   The emigration of Serbs and Montenegrins had not abated, and attempts to encourage returnees were not gaining ground.

19.   A rise in April prompted by uncertainty of African production, strikes in Peru and supply disruptions resulting from US labour contract negotiations, failed to gain ground.

20.   It could be eg.