1.   Initial estimates that it would take at least two years to extinguish all the fires proved pessimistic as the teams rapidly gained experience in the task.

2.   Initial estimates that it would take at least two years to kill all the fires proved pessimistic as the teams rapidly gained experience in the task.

3.   An Eastern team did gain one national championship.

4.   Any little space the teams gained in the offensive zone they had to work hard for.

5.   As part of the restructuring, Sinclair received another signing bonus and the team gained an extra year on the original contract.

6.   But the U.S. team has gained respect in South America for winning the U.S. Cup, for its early victory against Chile and for its attacking style of play.

7.   But this team will gain a great deal of strength from the move and its new fans.

8.   But with each victory in South Korea and Japan, the Brazilian team gained credibility and adherents.

9.   For each game won or lost, a team either gains or slips a half game.

10.   Four of the five years that Jeffers was at Virginia, the team gained a bowl berth.