1.   It Marked a recovery of lost ground rather than any significant advance to new territory.

2.   If the Grand Duchess Elena lost ground with the tsar after his return to St Petersburg, General Nazimov could be put off no longer.

3.   During that time he has been pushing hard to make up any lost ground.

4.   Allowing for some individual investment control of their tax money will at least give younger workers a fighting chance to make up this lost ground.

5.   And it is time for Shinshinto to use brains, not brawn, to recover lost ground.

6.   At least one Met, though, was confident the lost ground could be made up.

7.   At the White House, aides see an opening for the president to recover some lost ground.

8.   Bonds regained some lost ground when Parry, in later comments, said the so-called fed funds rate is not far from where it should be.

9.   Both Norman and Lehman had their seasons cut short by shoulder problems, so they have a chance to make up some lost financial ground.

10.   A glaring example was their outrageous attempt to retrieve lost ground on building new Shinkansen lines already in the works.