Sentence examples for making slight gains from inspiring English sources

On average, the Democratic presidential candidate has lost two points from the previous election when the governor of the state is a Democrat, while making slight gains when the state's governor is a Republican.

MSNBC ratings have been declining for a while, and CNN has been making slight gains in its audience size.

Utilities made slight gains.

EXPORT TRADE IS LARGER Corn Makes Slight Gains -- Oats and Rye Remain Firm in Price.

However, some of the lead ing market indicators made slight gains.

Women have made slight gains recently — but men still claim over 66percentt of film acting jobs.

However, Hispanics other than Mexicans and Puerto Ricans made slight gains in law school enrollment.

Oil prices, which are often seen as an indicator of optimism in the global economy, made slight gains after reversing a 3% decline earlier in the day.

Long Island's fourth and eighth graders made slight gains this year on New York State's standardized English Language Arts tests and continue to be among the highest-achieving students in the state, according to results released last week.

In the US, investors were more focused on this week's Federal Reserve meeting than upbeat consumer confidence figures, but Wall Street still managed to make slight gains after an uncertain start.

Most issues on the American Stock Exchange managed to make slight gains yesterday al though increased selling pres sure in the last two hours of trading erased some of the earlier advances.