Sentence examples for make larger gains from inspiring English sources

Moreover, students in Edison schools start at such low levels that they are more likely to make larger gains than students at better schools.

These students were less likely to have a correct answer during the individual voting period; therefore, they were able to make larger gains.

Islamists expect to make large gains in parliament, and many government officials fear they are right.

The far-right Front National is poised to make large gains in the final round of French local elections.

Republicans saw their hopes falter in Texas, the home state of President Bush, where they once thought they could use their political strength to make large gains.

The opinion poll popularity of both Valls and Hollande has risen since the attacks, but Marine Le Pen's far-right Front National party is predicted to make large gains in regional elections in early December.

Ms. McMahon spent $50 million to try to win the seat in 2010, only to lose to a former Connecticut attorney general, Richard Blumenthal, by 12 points in a year that saw Republicans make large gains nationwide.

The impetus for the study came from the former Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner, who last summer became concerned about the unions' growing ability to make large gains in bargaining for new contracts.

Talks in the German city of Munich on Friday saw world powers agree a temporary "cessation of hostilities" to start within a week but there was little hope for a long-term truce as Assad's forces continue to make large gains against rebels with the backing of Russian air strikes.

This means that they are quite nervous when they initially engage in classroom speaking tasks, but due to their reasonably large receptive knowledge of English, once they begin speaking they are able to make large gains in a relatively short period.

New figures out today from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech — a market research division of WPP — show that Android is, overall, continuing to make large gains in the smartphone market, accounting for a majority of sales in the 12 weeks that ended March 18.