Sentence examples for sharp gains in from inspiring English sources

Not only did Mr. Obama capture the presidency, but he led his party to sharp gains in Congress.

Readers have begun to drift away from printed newspapers as their Web sites have experienced sharp gains in use.

Soybeans, sugar and coffee also had sharp gains in the two sessions on worries that agricultural supplies would tighten from smaller harvests forecast for this year.

Barnes & Noble and the Borders Group posted sharp gains in second-quarter profits yesterday, bolstered by sales of the newest Harry Potter book.

An unweighted index of commodities futures prices published by the Commodity Research Bureau rose 11.1percentt in 2000, largely because of sharp gains in energy prices.

Some noted sharp gains in equities in previous trading sessions have often failed to carry through, as European leaders had tried many times over the last two years to stave off a deterioration in the debt crisis.

We liked the proud headline the other day: "Strike Loses Show Sharp Gain in 1934".

The economy, he concluded, was almost certainly capable of higher levels of growth without inflation than in the past because of a sharp gain in the advance of productivity, the basic measure of business efficiency.

Consumers over 55 have shown an especially sharp gain in confidence in the last few months, although consumers of all ages are still less positive about the economy than they were before the recession began.

But neither the discouraging home-price data nor the sharp gain in confidence appeared to have much impact on the stock market in the United States, which is winding down the year with light trading.

That area was the sharp gain in labor productivity in the nonfarm business sector of the economy.