In practise, the gain appears not to be significant.

The narrow objectives and limited gains appeared to delight the Administration.

Still, gains have not appeared in hiring practices of the nation's heavy manufacturers.

Tonight, though, even those modest gains, and what extra advantage they bring with them, appeared in doubt.

The biggest gains appeared to have been scored by the Socialist Party.

The gains appeared to be concentrated on wealthy families, with the income figures for nearly all groups flat or down slightly from 1995 to 1998.

Even that modest gain appeared to be entirely attributable to the low value of the dollar.

But the gain appears just beyond the reach of the target.

The gains in productivity appear to be far more widespread than during the early part of the 1980's expansion.

But that gain appears to be within the Greenspan ball park.