Sentence examples for hardly gain from inspiring English sources

Baxter's pad soon becomes so popular that he can hardly gain access to it, but by the finale he has overcome his inadequacy, regained his dignity, and won the girl of his daydreams.

The city had hardly gained independence when it faced the threat of Persian invaders.

Even with Monster's decline in share, its largest rivals hardly gained.

I know the guards are underpaid, but this behavior hardly gains my sympathy.

Most recent opinion polls about the 2004 election show that Islamist parties have hardly gained ground over the last five years.

And although faith in the Tories' economic management has tumbled since the 2010 general election, Labour has hardly gained.

The clear beneficiaries were the owners of the acquired companies, those of the acquirers hardly gained significantly. Collusion in the mining industry benefited the shareholders of small, poorly performing takeover targets.

A new chart from Lawrence Mishel, of the liberal-leaning Economic Policy Institute, shows that between 1979 and 2007 people in the top one per cent of the economic pile saw their incomes double, whereas most everybody else hardly gained at all.

(One current effort to rally online opposition to one of the more controversial names floated for Obama's cabinet, Larry Summers, has hardly gained any traction).

Despite high caloric intake, partially parenterally, the girl hardly gained weight, possibly due to high stomal output.

Third, although there are international FDPs, provided by developed countries for academic institutions in developing countries, most of the countries in Southeast Asia have hardly gained any benefits from these programs.