Gains Sentence Examples

The gains of such a change are enormous.

Hence losses in one quarter must be compensated by gains in another - a process which the law, regarding only the gains, renders very difficult.

Even when we treat him merely as a dramatist our enjoyment of his later works gains enormously if we take them as organic wholes, and not as mere plots dressed up in verse and action.

You'll see that when you do well in a sport, your rating gains points.

Putting aside the exotic vegetation of the north and east coast-line, the Australian bush gains its peculiar character from the prevalence of the so-called gum-trees (Eucalyptus) and the acacias, of which last there are 300 species, but the eucalypts above all are everywhere.

The strikes of the years 1890 and 1892 are just as important on account of their political consequences as from the direct gains or losses involved.

Each petty potentate strove for his own private advantage in the confusion; and at this epoch the chief gains accrued to the papacy.

But these wars were fought for the most part by alien armies; the points at issue were decided beyond the Alps; the gains accrued to royal families whose names were unpronounceable by southern tongues.

The total gains of all his strenuous endeavours amounted to the acquisition of a few places on the borders of Montferrat.

Botrytis, Ergot, &c. Now it is clear that if an organism gains access to all parts of a plant, and stimulates all or most of its cells to hypertrophy, we may have the latter behaving abnormallyi.e.

The sun is thus slowly contracting; but as it contracts it gains heat by the operation of the law just referred to, and thus the further cooling and further contraction of the sun is protracted until the additional heat obtained is radiated away.

Amongst prize steers of two and a half to three years old, on the same occasion, the three highest daily average gains in live weight were 2.07 lb for an Aberdeen-Angus, 1.99 lb for a Shorthorn-Aberdeen cross-bred and 1.97 lb for a Sussex.

Four out of the five essays are elaborate and powerful solutions of perplexing technical problems - the distribution of the gains of international commerce, the influence of consumption on production, the definition of productive and unproductive labour, the precise relations between profits and wages.

The very effectiveness of modern criticism and analysis,which has brought great gains in almost all branches of economic theory, has made the science more difficult as a subject of ordinary study.

Then, whether prices rise or fall as a whole, he gains if the difference between the two prices becomes less than a d., but if it becomes more, he loses.

The period of conquest practically ends at this date, though isolated gains were afterwards made.

Thence it has spread, partly by man's agency, northwards throughout temperate western Europe, increasing rapidly wherever it gains a footing; and this extension is still going on, as is shown by the case of Scotland, where early in the 19th century rabbits were little known, while they are now found in all suitable localities up to the extreme north.

Columella regarded the gains from the births as a sufficient motive for encouraging these unions, and thought that mothers should be rewarded for their fecundity; Varro, too, seems to have taken this view.

The Orange Free State line, after leaving Ladysmith, ascends by steep gradients the whole of its own course in Natal territory, and when it gains the summit at Van Reenen's Pass it is 5500 ft.

Here its romantic middle course begins, and after dashing through a deep ravine between the towns of Hirschberg and Ldwenberg, it gains the plain.

The discovery of the parasite of malaria by Laveran, and of the method by which it gains entrance to the human body, through the bite of a particular variety of mosquito, by Manson and Ross, promises much in the way of eradication of the disease in the future.

With these gains Voltaire seems to have begun his long series of successful financial speculations.

As the Hindu Kush gradually recedes from the Ab-i-Panja and turns south-westwards it gains in altitude, and we find prominent peaks on the crest which measure more than 24,000 ft.

Most metals when molten are capable of dissolving at least small proportions of carbon, which, in general, leads to a deterioration in metallicity, except in the case of iron, which by the addition of small percentages of carbon gains in elasticity and tensile strength with little loss of plasticity.

The version in which Hugdietrich gains access to his future wife by disguising himself as a woman has also a foundation in fact.

Recognizing that he would be indispensable so long as the Thirty Years' War lasted, she used every effort to bring it to an end; and her impulsive interference seriously hampered the diplomacy of the chancellor, and materially reduced the ultimate gains of Sweden.

Contemporaneously appeared The Dumb Philosopher, or Dickory Cronke, who gains the power of speech at the end of his life and uses it to predict the course of European affairs.

There is hardly in Robinson Crusoe a scene equal, and there is consequently not in English literature a scene superior, to that where the youthful pickpocket first exercises his trade, and then for a time loses his ill-gotten gains.

The intolerable meanness advocated for the sake of the paltriest gains, the entire ignoring of any pursuit in life except money-getting, and the representation of the whole duty of man as consisting first in the attainment of a competent fortune, and next, when that fortune has been attained, in spending not more than half of it, are certainly repulsive enough.

Aluminium, when alloyed with a few per cent of magnesium, gains greatly in rigidity while remaining very light; this alloy, under the name of magnalium, is coming into use for small articles in which lightness and rigidity have to be combined.

No official receives a salary; he has certain districts made over to him, and he may get what he can out of them; a certain portion of his gains he is compelled to send to the durbar; and the more he extorts and the more he sends to his superior, the longer his tenure of office is likely to be."

Corps should continue the attack on the r9th, while the Australians consolidated their gains.

The importance of the osmotic pressure of sea-water in biology will be easily understood from the fact that a frog placed in sea-water loses water by exosmosis and soon becomes 20% lighter than its original weight, while a true salt-water fish suddenly transferred to fresh water gains water by endosmosis, swells up and quickly succumbs.

These events, as he saw, told against the best interests of France and endangered the gains which she had secured by war and diplomacy.

Probably there is a breakdown of the wave somewhat like the breaking of a water-wave when the crest gains on the next trough.

On the whole the air S within ABCD neither gains nor g D loses momentum, so that on the whole it receives as much through AB as it gives up to CD.

Distillers and revenue officers in St Louis, Milwaukee, Cincinnati and other cities were implicated, and the illicit gains - which in St Louis alone probably amounted to more than $2,500,000 in the six years 1870-1876 - were divided between the distillers and the revenue officers, who levied assessments on distillers ostensibly for a Republican campaign fund to be used in furthering Grant's re-election.

Ptolemy Lagi gains possession of Palestine, which, with short interruptions, continues in the hands of the Ptolemies till 198.

Often, as has been said, the atoll is divided into a number of islets, but in some smaller atolls the ring is complete, and the sea-water gains access beneath the surface of the reef to the lagoon within, where it is sometimes seen to spout up at the rise of the tide.

As regards the effects of his subsequent remorse and the use to which his ill-gotten gains were put, the strikingly apparent discrepancies between the narratives of Matt.

Sackville Street, which gains in appearance from its remarkable breadth, contains the principal hotels, and the post office, with a fine Ionic portico, founded in 1815.

After Cyprian's day this view gains ground in the West, and almost obscures the older view that the rite is primarily an act of communion with Christ.

As in the north-east, so in the south-west, the crystalline belt widens and gains in height; but while New England is an indivisible unit, the southern crystalline belt must be subdivided The Southinto a higher mountain belt on the north-west, 60 m.

South Park, directly west of Pikes Peak, is one of the highest basins (nearly 10,000 ft.), and gains its name from the scattered, park-like growth of large pine trees; it is drained chiefly by the South Platte river (Missouri-Mississippi system), through a deep gorge in the dissected mass of the plateau-like Front Range.

There might have been good reason, from Wellington's point of view, for condemning Canning's treaty of London; but when, in consequence of this treaty, the battle of Navarino had been fought, the Turkish fleet sunk, and the independence of Greece practically established, it was the weakest of all possible courses to withdraw England from its active intervention, and to leave to Russia the gains of a private and isolated war.

A consul-general can be promoted to a diplomatic post, and take with him to his higher office the practical experience a consul gains of the material interests of the country to which he belongs.

In the non-Catholic countries of Europe during the reign of Pius IX., and in fact during the whole 19th century, the important gains of Rome were in strategic position rather - than in numbers.

Summing up the history of the papacy from the Congress of Vienna to the fall of the temporal power, one finds statistical gains in Protestant countries offset perhaps by relative losses in Catholic lands, both largely due to the closely related forces of toleration and immigration.

In spite of subsequent reverses these gains were retained by Maximilian at the peace of Westphalia in 1648.

Malone computed the gains of the publishers at five or six thousand pounds.

A compromise was at last effected by both parties agreeing to the date 1624, an arrangement which secured to the Catholics their gains in Bohemia and the other territories of the house of Habsburg.

Important as these gains were, the treaty none the less once more illustrated the perpetual sacrifice of the true interests of the hereditary dominions of the house of Habsburg to its European entanglements.

This might have been urged with justice before the Thirty Years' Truce (447); but by that truce Athens gave up all her conquests in Greece proper except Naupactus and Plataea, while her solitary gains in Amphipolis and Thurii were compensated by other losses.

In Greece these gains were compensated by the loss of Pylos and Nisaea.

Abi `Amir proposed to confiscate a religious foundation and the assembled ulema refused to approve the act, and were threatened by his vizier, one of them replied, "All the evil you say of us applies to yourself; you seek unjust gains and support your injustice by threats; you take bribes and practise ungodliness in the world.

To those who he thought had been led astray, it was his policy not to be unmerciful; for, in his own words, ` it renders three desperate where it gains one.'

Apart from the definite evidence, the theory of a racial distinction gains probability from the fact that it explains the survival of the distinction between the patricii, men with a family and genealogy, and the rest of the citizens, for some time after the latter had acquired the legal status of patres and were organized in gentes of their own; for on this theory privilege would belong not to all who could trace free descent but only to those who could trace descent to an ancestor of the conquering race.

With repeated hammering, drawing out and annealing, it gains much in strength and toughness, and the addition of a very minute quantity of carbon converts it into steel, less tough, but of the keenest hardness.

First, he sought to acquire the substance, though not the name, of territorial power, by using the authority of the Mogul emperor for so much as he wished, and for no more; and, secondly, he desired to purify the company's service by prohibiting illicit gains, and at the same time guaranteeing a reasonable remuneration from honest sources.

He found the means by following the example of his predecessor in depriving many officials of their ill-gotten gains.

In addition, we may also count among recent gains a juster method of judging such a book.

The unit of acceleration is the acceleration of a point which gains unit velocity in unit time; it is accordingly denoted by LT2.

Experience shows how some one dialect in a country gains a literary supremacy to which the whole nation yields.

It will be seen that the only European country which gains by the exchange is France, and there the accretion is almost insignificant.

In the previous year (39) his mother had been banished by order of her brother Caligula (Gains) on a charge of treasonable conspiracy, and Nero, thus early deprived of both parents, found shelter in the house of his aunt Domitia, where two slaves, a barber and a dancer, began his training.

The peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748), which ended the war of the Austrian Succession, brought no gains to France in spite of her victories at Fontenoy and Raucoux; and the king was blamed for the diplomatic failure.

Briefly, after successive gains and losses, not only Erivan was taken from Persia but Tabriz also, and finally, through the intervention of Sir John Macdonald, the English envoy, a new treaty was concluded at Turkmanchai, laying down the boundary between Russia and Persia.

At this time Barlaam, an eremite of great sanctity and knowledge, dwelling in the wilderness of Sennaritis, divinely warned, travels to India in the disguise of a merchant, and gains access to Prince Josaphat, to whom he imparts the Christian doctrine and commends the monastic life.

Union would clearly only be possible in the improbable event of the English Church surrendering most of the characteristic gains of the Reformation in order to ally herself with a body, the traditions of which are almost wholly alien to her own.

The great temple of Siva, dedicated to Ekambara Swami (the god with the single garment) is remarkable for its lofty towers (gopuram) and the extreme irregularity of its design, through which it gains in picturesqueness what it loses in dignity.

As it flows eastward from the frontier, the Danube gains in breadth and volume.

The interior of the Dobrudja is occupied largely by Turks and Bulgarians, with Tatars, Russians and Armenians, but here the Ruman steadily gains ground at the expense of the alien.

But the direct gains to geography and science are perhaps not the greatest results of Livingstone's journeys.

Many an earnest heart full of disappointment or enthusiasm has gone through a similar struggle, has learnt to look upon all earthly gains and hopes as worse than vanity, has envied the calm life of the cloister, troubled by none of these things, and has longed for an opportunity of entire selfsurrender to abstinence and meditation.

The exigencies, moreover, of their perilous career readily wasted their suddenly acquired gains.

The general aspect of the town is picturesque; the streets are fairly spacious, though ill-kept and filthy; the houses are all of stone, many of them well-built and four or five storeys high, with terraced roofs and large projecting windows as in Jidda - a style of building which has not varied materially since the Toth century (Mukaddasi, p. 71), and gains in effect from the way in which the dwellings run up the sides and spurs of the mountains.

By them the pilgrim becomes as pure from sin as when he was born, and gains for the rest of his life the honourable title of bajj.

The barriers between these groups may be regarded as horizontal planes cutting across the branches of the ascending tree of life at levels determined chiefly by our ignorance; as knowledge increases, and as the conception of a genealogical classification gains acceptance, they are being replaced by vertical partitions which separate branch from branch.

In return Edward raised a claim to the throne of France, not that he had any serious intention of pressing it for throughout his reign he always showed himself ready to barter it away in return for sufficient territorial gains but because such a claim was in several ways a useful asset to him both in war and in diplomacy.

It gains by regret that death was beforehand with him.

Even on the cardinal point on which Aristotle entered into direct controversy with Plato, the definite disagreement between the two is less than at first appears; the objections of the disciple hit that part of the master's system that was rather imagined than thought; the main positive result of Platonic speculation only gains in distinctness by the application of Aristotelian analysis.

Anxious not to risk his gains, but to consolidate them by organization, Philip henceforth until his death in 1223 operated through diplomacy alone, leaving to others the toil and trouble of conquests, the advantages of which were not f or them.

A Philistine oppression of twenty years ends when Samuel, here the recognized " judge " of Israel, gains a great victory at Ebenezer near Mizpah (vii.).

In addition to the gains mentioned, he bought in iior a large slice of territory, including Bourges and Dun-leRoi, from Eudes Arpin, viscount of Bourges, who was going on the crusade; and toward the end of his reign took Montlhery, whose lord beset the southern approach to Paris.

Then the word which means "fetched" is confused with the word which means "bored," and gains the sense of "robbed."

Gains on assets acquired by taxpayers while residents outside the US will not be included in the new tax levels.

The investor did not incur any capital gains liability.

We wonder whether there are any performance gains in using threads.

One reason for this is that the gains of export and production have largely accrued to traders and middleman, but not to growers.

The legalism shut out at one entrance gains admittance at another, and the result in either case is the same.

For strategic purposes, Turkey had every reason to want to frustrate Russian ambitions and expand its own territorial gains northwards.

If an atom gains an it is called an anion.

A center with high attrition will constantly be hiring new recruits, whatever performance gains are put in place.

For investors with large capital gains, the CGT deferral has not been changed.

Capital gains relief Gifts of shares to a charity are entirely exempt from capital gains relief Gifts of shares to a charity are entirely exempt from capital gains tax.

The economy may be tight, but the lure of ten per cent capital gains tax has encouraged many owner-managers to consider a sale.

This gains no marks and can make the study less cohesive.

These measures were partially compensated by significant capital gains made in 2001.

It only gains enough information from overhearing the conversation to make a magnetic stripe counterfeit.

If the Sumerian knowledge did indeed appear out of thin air, then Sitchin's interpretation of the Sumerian texts gains credence.

Holding a master's degree in mathematics is related to gains in student achievement.

Some sections experience marginal but very real gains, while others see their already miserable conditions grow even more desperate.

But whilst to date the FTSE 100 may have relinquished its 2006 gains, perhaps we shouldn't feel too downhearted yet.

Hamas made sweeping gains in these elections last year which prepared the way for its election victory last week.

But the timing of the Schedule E emoluments charge does not affect the date of acquisition which applies for Capital Gains Tax purposes.

Low ability tutors produced tutee gains at least equivalent to those produced by high ability tutors.

The increase is primarily attributable to lower interest expense and gains from the company's foreign exchange and interest rate management activities.

We consider that the requirement to distribute 95 per cent of rental income and realized gains is, however, unduly restrictive.

Capital gains Tax The annual exemption on an individual's chargeable gains for capital gains tax will increase to £ 7,100 from 6 April 1999.

The coating can be customized to either increase or decrease the solar gains of the glazing, depending on the application.

That is fine for one-off remedies, sometimes badly needed, tho short-term efficiency gains are of course very valuable.

There is no income tax, capital gains tax, VAT, sales or use tax or wealth tax.

The Forward Looks show that councils expect to achieve around £ 1.2 billion of efficiency gains in 2005/06.

In some cases, productivity gains had allowed contracts to be delivered at the same quality of service while maintaining the price.

Can a tiny country find its way through the web of neoliberal globalization without compromising its autonomy or social gains?

For persons allergic to wheat gluten, it provides a gluten-free food with uses similar to gains.

The pup, on the other hand, rapidly gains weight feeding on milk, which contains about 60% fat.

The Harrow Safe Home Project has brought gains through target hardening.

As a consequence of these revisions, transfers into and out of trusts will potentially be eligible for capital gains tax holdover relief.

Patients had maintained health gains achieved during NHS hydrotherapy sessions.

Lewis Lite gains weight 4 th October 2005 Following the successful launch of Lewis Lite, the service has now been expanded.

The gains in cereal production often came at the expense of cultivation of more nutritious legumes, root crops and other grains.

The uniquely designed silencer and large diameter mandrel bent piping reduce all unnecessary back pressure, resulting in unparalleled power gains.

But their electoral gains may not be sufficient to satisfy republican militarists in the North.

Arguably, crack misusers in Britain have the health and welfare support systems needed to make even greater treatment gains.

Crop shows gains had suffered occasional the facilities the a wild card.

With high octane racing fuel further gains can be realized at wide open throttle.

But then everybody becomes focused on the gains to be made and markets wildly overshoot.

Little wonder that " mutual gains " is becoming more common parlance in British workplaces.

In 1935 the movement slowed to barely perceptible gains.

Application of the rule may not wholly get rid of gains on two residences but it can sweeten the pill to a considerable extent.

All this takes place as his friends plan to rob said pimp of his ill-gotten gains.

Without control of these global profiteers, all the gains of the last century in equality and social support will destroyed.

Circumstances have changed beyond recognition since and rightly demand a rethink, but these modest gains have also been under threat.

We are faced with further retrenchment (efficiency gains) or finding new, non-governmental sources of income.

By means of this structure, the reader gains insight into the methodological rigor behind Hopkins ' translation at an almost pedagogical level.

Therefore for companies they will be qualifying assets under the intangible asset rollover relief provisions but not under the chargeable gains rollover relief provisions.

The client gains self-awareness by analyzing behavior and body language and giving expression to repressed feelings.

At each key stage the individual receives recognition from peers and gains a sense of achievement and enhanced self-esteem.

If the settlor charge applies the settlor charge applies the settlor is charged in respect of the gains arising under these rules.

Often this will mean adopting a longer-term view rather than seeking short-term, unsustainable gains.

The ELX gains climate control, alloy wheels, twin electric sunroofs and folding door mirrors.

At casual gains above about 35 $ W / m sup 2$, and a ceiling height of 3.. .

In Burnley, it gains from what appears to be a rather supine council.

Casual gains Often assumed to equal design values as found in handbooks with temporal and spatial variations ignored.

Landolt's subsequent experiments showed, what was already noticed in the earlier ones, that these minute changes in weight are nearly always losses, the products weigh less than the components, while if they had been purely experimental errors, due to weighing, they might have been expected to be as frequently gains as losses.

Its visible and religious forms then give way to abstract formulae, which in their turn are slowly replaced by the rational manifestation of the philosophic principles of law that gains the victory in the final stage of development, designated by Vico as that of civil and human law.

In resolutions 44 to 53 the conference deals with the duty of the Church towards modern democratic ideals and social problems; affirms the responsibility of investors for the character and conditions of the concerns in which their money is placed (49); "while frankly acknowledging the moral gains sometimes won by war" strongly supports the extension of international arbitration (52); and emphasizes the duty of a stricter observance of Sunday (53).

To be a fraction of the corporate sovereign, if it had its gains, had also its disadvantages; the Venetian noble was fettered by burthens, restrictions and suspicions from which the Venetian citizen was free.

When it began to affect economics, many people were afraid that the whole fabric of science would be destroyed and the practical gains it had achieved, jeopardized.

To appreciate it without prejudice, one should recall that this assembly saved France from a civil war and invasion, that it founded the system of public education (Museum, Ecole Polytechnique, .Ecole Normale Superieure, Ecole des Langues orientales, Conservatoire), created institutions of capital importance, like that of the Grand Livre de la Dette publique, and definitely established the social and political gains of the Revolution.

The rascally Cardinal Coscia, who had deluded Benedict, was at once brought to justice and forced to disgorge his dishonest gains.

Most metals when molten are capable of dissolving at least small proportions of carbon, which, in general, leads to a deterioration in metallicity, except in the case of iron, which by the addition of small percentages of carbon gains in elasticity and tensile strength with little loss of plasticity (see Iron).

On the Pacific, however, there were great gains; long-established plans for obtaining a port in China which might serve as a base for the growing trade at Tientsin were carried out at the end of 1897; the murder of two Catholic missionaries was made the pretext for landing troops in the bay of Kiao-chau; and in amends China granted the lease of some 50 sq.

All these cumbersome restrictions were swept away by the khedivial decree of the 28th of November 1904, a decree which received the assent of the powers and was the result gains of the Anglo-French agreement of April 1904 (see finaicial History).

I branched off into this discussion of robots and nanites to give an idea of the kinds of massive gains in efficiency with declining costs.

If we obtained this ten-thousand-fold increase simply by allowing specialization and dividing work up among people, then what astronomical gains will we achieve by outsourcing that work to robots capable of working with unimaginable precision at unimaginable speed?

The free enterprise system—the greatest creator of wealth the world has known—will continue to produce the material gains we enjoy today and to reward most those who serve their fellow humans best.

But in the future when we have more and better information, if it turns out that some of these methods are not net gains, we will know that and look elsewhere for solutions.

The wealthier a nation gets, the more it stands to lose in war, and the less marginal utility it gains in conquest.

Instead, you have to find small things over which to argue, like whether the capital gains tax should be raised.

Kutuzov alone at last gains a real victory, destroying the spell of the invincibility of the French, and the Minister of War does not even care to hear the details.

An army gains a victory, and at once the rights of the conquering nation have increased to the detriment of the defeated.

Utah quarterback alex he quickly gains pins stuck in.

It would be most regrettable to lose the timing gains now available.

In addition, any tax on gains within the bond is deferred until such time as the funds are repatriated onshore.

If the settlor charge applies the settlor is charged in respect of the gains arising under these rules.

I am the settlor of a non-resident trust - can I set my personal capital losses against the trust gains attributed to me?

The technical play is to cash the ace, catering for a singleton king, as running the queen never gains a trick.

It has advantages in the absence of stamp duty, stockbrokers ' commissions and capital gains tax liability.

At casual gains above about 35 $ W / m sup 2$, and a ceiling height of 3...

He gains superhuman strength in any limbs he grows.

I would end taper relief on capital gains tax.

However being ever curious we wonder wether there are any performance gains in using threads.

Discarding your original product in favor of one that gains customer traction may sound like a relatively simple objective, but all sorts of obstacles can impede your progress.

Some ED sets are marketed as "HD ready," meaning they can decode HD signals if connected to a digital tuner, but these signals must be converted to a lower resolution, so picture quality gains are reduced.

While you can expect a lot of work with rental property, the financial gains can be enormous.

After the notary evaluates your real estate transaction, the capital gains tax (normally paid by the seller) and fees are paid.

Capital gains taxes are often levied, for instance, if you sell gold for more than what you purchased it.

In 2009, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan gave a speech that stated students lose up to one month of instructional gains during their summer vacation.

In community property states, all property a couple gains during the marriage is divided equally.

Instead, day traders are more interested in small gains in price, possibly even a few cents, over the course of a minute, an hour, or a day.

As the new hire gains experience and sales, income can continue to grow by recruiting others to be consultants.

In most cases, the person gains back the weight they have lost and more.

Whether a celeb gains or loses weight, if it's noticeable to the camera then people will be talking about it.

Putting together all the natural signs with the science behind them becomes easier as a breeder gains experience.

Once the virus gains admittance into the puppy's system it begins to replicate in the lymphoid tissue and spreads into the blood stream.

A well-known strain is that of the "Shirley Poppy," now much varied as to color, the latest gains being pretty salmon tints.

Davidii and other species, are important gains, and may be used with good effect, particularly in cool or moist situations where a rich soil obtains.

It lacks the protective aspect of a sheltering wall, but at the right angle and location could could still work beautifully and the little bit it loses in protection it gains in ease of access.

For instance, Contra's Bill gains the "spread shot" gun when he picks up a fire flower.

The Bard gains levels after accumulating a number of points achieved through combat and quest completion.

Making a successful swap gains you some time; asking for a hint costs you time.

Defeating foes gains both gold and experience points for the player and increase the characters' statistics to make them much stronger.

At each alter, Kratos gains a different power, listed here in the order that you get them in the game.

As the player gains experience, the creature will continue to evolve into more complex organisms.

He is the epitome of decadence, and needs to consume souls to maintain his vitality (but he gains his victims' knowledge simultaneously).

Rose is generally well-mannered, polite, and has good organizational skills, and later gains the ability to help improve the brown and blue minions under your control.

This method can determine gains and losses in DNA in the region of the tumor, detecting alterations that have caused the cancer.

Despite this prevention program, permanent gains in controlling trachoma have been elusive.

Often, such children do not make the usual preschool language gains until they reach grade school.

Early childhood education can produce significant gains in children's learning and development.

Although the benefits seem to cross all economic and social lines, the most significant gains are almost always noted among children from families with the lowest income levels and the least amount of formal education.

Some studies focused on the IQ score gains of disadvantaged children in Head Start programs, but these gains seemed to be short-term.

However, studies also indicate that ECE produces persistent gains on achievement test scores, along with fewer occurrences of being held back a grade and being placed in special education programs.

It has been suggested that this occurs because lower grade teachers see only the initial gains made by the student in the first few years after retention but do not follow the student's progress through middle and high school.

Intensive language intervention can allow these children to make considerable gains, with modeling of appropriate linguistic forms that the child is having difficulty with being especially effective.

In general, researchers find that decision-making abilities improve over the course of the adolescent years, with gains continuing well into the later years of high school.

Furthermore, children who maintain their friendships as the school year progresses like school better, and children who make new friends make greater gains in school performance.

The child gains awareness of rules when playing games and begins to compete in sports.

Cognitive development refers to how a person perceives, thinks, and gains understanding of his or her world through the interaction of genetic and learned factors.

At 18 to 24 months of age toddlers come to understand that there are words for everything and their language development gains momentum.

Once Borrelia burgdorferi gains entry to the body through a tick bite, it can move through the bloodstream quickly.

Research has shown that children enrolled in Head Start enjoy immediate, measurable gains in cognitive test scores; however, researchers disagree as to the long-term impact.

Most children in preschool, however, are not disadvantaged, and some researchers believe the same gains can be had at home by providing educational toys, games and books for the child.

One of them reaps the benefit of the other company's investment, and the company that has already bought the equipment gains needed capital.

The company hoped that the acquisition of Countrywide would improve gains if the mortgage market stabilized.

This weight gain is necessary so that your baby gains the right amount of weight.

As the baby grows and gains weight, he/she may begin to press down on the nerves at the tops of your legs, causing discomfort and cramps.

While the weight gains and losses may exist, they are not likely to be related to a pregnancy.

The shape of a woman's vagina and cervix changes when she gains or loses weight or has a baby so she should be refitted for another diaphragm if this occurs.

If the individual needs to repair their product within the time frame of the warranty then the customer gains.

A rechargeable battery gains a completely new life after spending a few hours on a charger.

Wisdom is the knowledge one gains from learning life lessons.

Following a gluten free diet that avoids wheat, rye, barley, and other gluten-containing foods can be challenging, but the long-term gains outweigh the sacrifice.

This is truly where Aquarius shines and gains a sense of self and self-worth.

He finds his validation in owning these status symbols, and he'll feel complete like his fellow earth signs do once he gains a wife and family.

For example, if a Virgo gains weight, it's best not to criticize him.

Lastly, your plan should focus on long-term benefits rather than short-term gains.

Those who have bought posters from the movie or purchased items that have movie pictures on them such as clocks, necklaces, or pin-on buttons, will find that these items increase in value as the movie gains popularity and earns more awards.

A psychic is anyone who gains knowledge and information through psychic means.

It is up to individual local housing agencies to determine who gains a preference.

As the patient gains strength and mobility, she moves on to do floor exercises.

Apple has made significant gains in market share, due to sales of its popular iPod products, while sales of Mac computers seem to be taking a back seat in its marketing plan.

Computerized technology and the increasing use of fiber optics have helped with speed gains, and the entire phone system remains fairly reliable.

Short-term gains might not be as great when filtering decisions by considering stakeholder impact.

These can bring in a handsome sum, but your company will be responsible for Corporation Tax on "chargeable gains" and other profits.

Although the biggest winner on this show is actually the biggest loser, at least in terms of percentage of weight lost, anyone who gains the knowledge to begin a healthier lifestyle is really a winner.

Muscle cells weigh more than fat cells, so an individual who gains muscle mass may weigh more than when they started, even if they have lost fat.

It gains its power because it is a kind of fasting.

Goodbye whatever gains you may have made.

The protein and other vitamins that your body gains from these foods can generally be made up through the consumption of other, leaner proteins, fresh vegetables, and even vitamin supplements.

As a bonus, choosing slightly lower weight -- that you can actually handle -- has the added benefits of producing better net gains than poorly managed big weights.

If you stop making progress, you can go back and see what you changed that led to this halt, and what you were doing when you were making rapid gains.

The body gets used to the same workout if done consistently; after a while, this fails to challenge your muscles and you may not see gains in calorie burning and strength.

In order to see strength gains, you have to actually damage your muscle by causing microtears in the muscle fiber.

It's possible to see gains in both strength and endurance, but generally one or the other is emphasized.

Keep in mind that every body type is different, and you may experience strength gains differently than someone else.

Some weightlifters even slow down the negative phase in order to maximize gains.

It's also important to note that any gains in the annuity fund, such as investment gains, are not taxed.

At a time when the market is performing well, the investor may be given the option of locking in gains for additional financial protection.

When it comes to serious medical conditions, nearly everyone gains a new perspective, especially on their own bodies.

The European idea is very different - they see women as becoming more sexually appealing as they age, because she gains in knowledge and experience.

Tommy gains a measure of local celebrity when he demonstrates an ability at pinball.

The key is that the bat mitzvah gains the necessary knowledge.

She gains between 12 and 15 pounds each season while Top Chef is taping.

Their merchandise is information, and it is from the Outsiders that mankind gains the knowledge of faster-than-light travel.

He eventually ends up being tried for treason, but he writes a manifesto while in the brig and his charisma reaches out to the oppressed and he gains a following.

Game and app activity - Anyone who gains access to your page can also see all the recent games you've played or apps you've accessed.

Perhaps equivalent to the Great Depression of World Wide Web history, the Dot Com industry suffered historical losses after three years of unprecedented financial gains on the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

On his deathbed remorse seized him; he bestowed his goods on the poor, restored unjust gains, freed his slaves, and every third day till his death listened to the reading of the Koran.

But notwithstanding this, the relation is broken off, and years elapse before David gains hold upon the Hebrews of north Israel, the weakness of the union being proved by the ease with which it was subsequently broken after Solomon's death.

Thus gang robbery is apt to break out, gains head with rapidity, and is suppressed with difficulty.

Atmospheric air gains access to the air-tubes through paired spiracles or stigmata, which usually occur laterally on most of the body-segments.

When an edible species gains protection by mimicking a distasteful one, there is a likelihood of its increasing in numbers until it equals or surpasses its model in this respect.

Such a standard is likely to cover hedge accounting as well as the reporting of gains and losses on financial instruments.

All are struck by the justness of his views, but no one undertakes to carry them out, so he takes a regiment, a division-stipulates that no one is to interfere with his arrangements--leads his division to the decisive point, and gains the victory alone.