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

2.   Extreme right-wing parties gained a foothold in the latest European elections.

3.   His party had gained only enough seats to form a minority government.

4.   Radical left-wing parties gained control of local authorities.

5.   There are signs that the party is gaining ground in the latest polls.

6.   Dr Upshall said the other main parties gained funds from corporate finance but the Green Party had to rely on its own fund raising.

7.   Automatic ballot access means a party has gained enough votes in past elections so that it does not have to petition to get candidates on the ballot.

8.   Baron said Polyglot also had to re-invent the Russian term for easement, the legal term in which one party gains access to the property of another.

9.   But as Mexico becomes more urban and opposition parties gain ground in state houses and Congress, he said, voters are making more individual choices.

10.   But leaders such as Georgia Rep. Newt Gingrich, slated to become the GOP House leader, predict the party can gain control of the House.