Sentence examples for make sizeable gains from inspiring English sources

THE INGREDIENTS were all there for opposition parties to make sizeable gains in Japan's general election on December 14th.

The head of AASA praised the "significant gains in student achievement" she had overseen and indeed Atlanta's schoolchildren made sizeable gains on the standardised tests used to determine yearly progress under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

Holt had his hand on the table numerous times, but was unable to make sizeable, frame-winning contributions.

JP Morgan said Horta-Osório was the main architect behind Santander's performance in the UK and was responsible for making sizeable market share gains (organically and through acquisitions)in the past few years.

But Mr Immelt has also made sizeable clean-energy investments.

When Ms Bonvicini first started making sizeable works, she says that their "hugeness was almost existential".

Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and Ebay have all made sizeable investments here.

The local gang threatened them with violence unless they made sizeable extortion payments each month.

The aforementioned quartet are albums that will breach the mainstream, making sizeable dents in the charts.

Extensive use of wind tunnels has helped show the top British riders how they can make small tweaks to their position on the bike in return for sizeable gains in time and aerodynamics.

Once again, computer stocks took the lead, with sharp advances among semiconductor and box makers, seasoned with sizeable gains among telecommunications stocks.