Example sentences of "[not/n't] gain [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some indicators , such as unemployment , may have classified these developments as being at least as deprived as the inner-urban areas , but they did not gain from the inner-city initiative . |
| 2 | The sum is $7.5m , and Sun will only pay out the money if Addamax loses — it will not gain from any victory . |
| 3 | ‘ I HOPE that the commission will not gain from Easterhouse the usual negative view , ’ said Bob Holman , a community worker . |
| 4 | This is because females reared on larger hosts are able to lay more eggs , but males do not gain by being larger . |
| 5 | He did , however , have one quality which proved to be an asset to his country — he knew how to win by craft and diplomacy what he could not gain by force . |