1.   But as the holiday has gained popularity over the years, Munoz worries that the political purpose has been forgotten.

2.   Governments gain popularity by cutting taxes.

3.   His fortunes slip as competing styles gain popularity.

4.   Now the tax has been scrapped, but was it due to citizenship or merely the need of a new leader to gain popularity?

5.   Governments gain popularity by cutting taxes, not by increasing them.

6.   Although his argument would be strengthened by using that instead of which to introduce a restrictive clause, he uses a verb that is gaining great popularity.

7.   Also gaining popularity among leisure riders are comfort bikes.

8.   Although playhouses are hardly a new manifestation of childhood, they do seem to be gaining popularity.

9.   American-style football is gaining popularity Down Under, Williams said, but rugby still rules.

10.   And a slew of vendors will introduce improved rewritable CD drives, which have gained popularity for backing up data and recording digital video and audio.