Sentence examples for make ground on from inspiring English sources

But she will have to make ground on Kane and Davies.

And can Mellouli make ground on Cochrane, who is slowing dramatically?

But it certainly illustrates how easily a few players further up the leaderboard could make ground on Bubba.

She is a world-class hurdler and therefore needs to make ground on her rivals in this event What will she have to do in London?

It has taken the rest of the fashion world three decades to make ground on Japan's pioneers, and even now, it lags behind: the first choice demanded on even the most cutting-edge fashion e-store, Selfridges included, remains "men" or "women".

This was a setback for Hamilton's championship ambitions, although by no means terminal, for the Briton's McLaren was quick enough to make ground on the midfield runners, but the Ferrari F2007s demonstrated such storming pace on the 4.3km circuit that there was never any chance of Alonso, let alone the delayed Hamilton, getting on terms with them in a straight race.

2.35pm GMT 4 min Coombes takes and it goes infield to Roberts who makes ground on the crash ball.

He wasn't making ground on those horses and I've never ever known him not make ground in the early part of a race, when he was well.

The flanker Yannick Nyanga made ground on the right and when the ball was moved quickly the other way, Burrell came off his wing to take out the hooker Dimitri Szarzewski, who was acting as an outside-centre.

His closest rival Valverde struggled on the final climb, while Nibali showed his strength by swiftly making ground on the remnants of the day's breakaway.

"We made ground on St Johnstone, edged away from them a little bit, so it's not all doom and gloom.