1.   After the operation, he spent several weeks relaxing and gaining strength.

2.   Every one of the quintet saw the opposition party gain strength during his final period in office.

3.   He gained strength from being back with the people and things he loved.

4.   He is beginning to gain strength again after his illness.

5.   He would gain strength from being back with his books, his bed and his little bits and pieces.

6.   They melt and seep into other dreams, gaining strength, getting wider and deeper as they flow downhill, gathering debris.

7.   A tropical storm is gaining strength in the eastern Atlantic.

8.   It would push a powerful Arab country back into implacable confrontation with Israel just when voices calling for a peace settlement are gaining strength throughout the Arab world.