1.   All the firefighters were ready, dressed in full gear in case they were needed.

2.   In London the chaos took three seconds to get into full gear.

3.   Legal troubles are piling up for President and Mrs Clinton just as his campaign for re-election is shifting into full gear.

4.   And the hype for a new stadium christening in three weeks was in full gear.

5.   And, when they do go outside their perimeter in the sweltering heat, they have to wear full gear, including helmet, boots and bulletproof vests.

6.   And throughout there was a sense of romantic longing and desire that the artist sometimes made explicit, as when he painted kissing firemen dressed in full gear.

7.   As a teen-ager in Owerri, Nigeria, Ifeanyi discovered a photograph of an American football player in full gear.

8.   Beauregard, wearing full gear, refused to comment as he walked with teammates toward the Northridge practice field.

9.   -- The enforcement arm of the program is only now getting into full gear.

10.   Across the Pacific, however, Japan Inc. was in full gear as the Nikkei stock average soared to ever-greater heights.