Sentence examples for they gained for from inspiring English sources

In the days immediately after a tentative agreement is reached, company officials often hesitate to talk about what they gained for fear of angering union members and thus making it harder to obtain ratification.

All they gained for Isadora was the loss of her passport and the presence of the constabulary on the stage of the Indianapolis Opera House where the chief of police watched for sedition in the movement of Isadora's knees.

Charters were granted to groups of nobles in almost every province of France. Louis bought the support of the clergy by similar means; but whereas they gained for the church some real privileges, the use of ambiguous formulas made the baronial charters virtually worthless.

Not to mention the emotional attributes they gain, for instance tolerance and empathy for others.

But when workers band together and seek raises as a team, they gain for themselves the power necessary to negotiate.

The respect they gain for themselves and then for each other," says Nadi Albino, Chief of Education and Adolescent Development at UNICEF South Africa.

The more time the players have spent on the course this week, the more respect they have gained for it.

They gained experience for their filmmaking work by writing and staging plays with Valentino Orsini.

They would continue down the coast and across Connecticut, where civilian watchers would be primed to spot them as they gained altitude for the run over New York.

Wasps were left scratching their heads wondering why they gained nothing for the efforts which would have got them back in the game.

They gained credit for restoring some degree of order to a society rife with crime and despair following nearly two decades of conflict.