gain impetus

In the vague gloom of the shaft, the other car was gaining upward impetus.

The Shadow had simply drawn back to gain needed impetus for a forward drive.

Research, given the new protections on drugs, could gain impetus, some felt.

Most recent efforts at restoring the historic neighborhoods gained new impetus around 1993.

The area was subjected to some deterioration during the 1950s but it since gained impetus in the 1970s.

The steel shot program gained impetus when some states pushed ahead of the Federal timetable.

But the idea gained major impetus from another event, the accelerating momentum of change in Harlem.

The implementation of these agreements, which entered into force in 1999, is gaining impetus.

This is a marathon that will only gain impetus in the context of the 2008 Olympics.

This approach continued to gain impetus in subsequent consultation processes and legislation which emerged.