So far, their efforts may have produced some small gains.

Such were the small gains to be made from a playing career at the very top.

Circulation is around 100,000, a small gain over the years.

Oil stocks made small gains but just about everything else was down.

The small gain cut the Dow's loss on the week to 15.54 points.

The small gains in performance were not worth the extra cost.

Even small gains may be important for the well-being of many.

Even after today's small gain, copper prices are down 10 percent for the week.

Yet in her moment of triumph she knew how small the gain was.

But state funding in real terms has made only small gains.