1.   Why not try to close the gap from the top down?

2.   At the time, Chad was bridging the awkward gap from elementary to middle school.

3.   Drug discovery costs are rising at a time when pharmaceutical companies are looking for new blockbusters to fill in the revenue gaps from some of their older drugs.

4.   Green needs someone to bridge the gap from the starting pitcher to closer John Franco.

5.   Moreover, the gap from rich to poor is far higher in the United States than anywhere else.

6.   Not even vigorous enforcement of civil rights laws by the Carter administration could stop the wage gap from reopening.

7.   Perhaps even bridge the gap from second to first at an LPGA major.

8.   She helped him bridge the gap from the old country to the new.

9.   Supporters, however, see the plan as the most effective way to help students bridge the gap from home language to standard English.