Signs of Hamas s shifting perspective are becoming increasingly apparent.

Health increasingly involves numbers.

During his reign, relations with the British became increasingly strained.

In recent years, small arms and light weapons have increasingly become the focus of international attention.

Security forces resorted more and more to the use of dogs equipped with sophisticated devices on their ears allowing them to receive orders from soldiers posted outside.

In the mid 1980 s, the US became a net debtor, relying increasingly on foreigners to finance its debt.

As the environmental consequences of human activity become increasingly apparent, so does humanity s responsibility to mitigate them.

Modern services are becoming increasingly tradable, providing new export opportunities.

Increasingly sophisticated labs are being discovered in, for example, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Indeed, Israel is now on an equal footing with all of the rising new powers of an increasingly globalized world.

The majority of peacekeeping operations, decided on by the Security Council, today increasingly include a peacebuilding component.

Indeed, China s military use of space is increasingly dependent and interlinked with civilian and commercial space activities, infrastructure, and human capital.

Urban centers became well developed, especially the territories of what is today Sofia due to the abundance of mineral springs.

The Bush administration, however, has become used to dealing with one man and is increasingly impatient.

In Darfur, for example, women collecting firewood outside villages were becoming increasingly vulnerable to rape and sexual abuse as the conflict worsened.

And regional tensions are running high.

The consequences of abnormal capital flows into China are becoming increasingly apparent, particularly in foreign exchange markets.

In fact, commodity futures have become increasingly appealing to non commercial investors, as their returns seem to be negatively correlated with returns on equities and bonds.

Finally, it would increase the relative vulnerability of America s main strategic rival, China, which is becoming increasingly dependent on Middle East energy supplies.

Fourth, gold prices rose sharply when real (inflation adjusted) interest rates became increasingly negative after successive rounds of quantitative easing.

UNHCR, UNICEF and WHO, noted that the recommendations of treaty bodies were becoming increasingly specific and therefore more useful for their field offices.

Apart from the decisive role that it played in Libya alongside France, Britain is becoming increasingly marginal in European foreign policymaking.

While initially reluctant to embark on non traditional careers, women were increasingly being attracted by them.

Cultural activities have become increasingly rich and imbued with national identity.

The US under Obama has increasingly ceded ground to China, a trend that admittedly began when the Bush administration became preoccupied with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Increasingly, however, the problem is with Eastern Europe s states themselves.

Church administration has become increasingly subject to uniform civil codes.

Increasingly, better coordination has served as an instrument of consolidation.

As a side effect, the emancipation of women increased the labor market.

But, make no mistake about it, religion is a kind of fault line, and when a conflict gets ingrained in a region, religion can get sucked in and become part of the problem. Our modernity has been exceedingly violent.

The US will remain concerned about ensuring the security of energy supplies for its Asian allies, which, like China, are increasingly dependent on the region s oil exporters.

The inconsistencies between climate goals and energy policies are becoming increasingly stark.

Meanwhile, the military and economic opportunity costs of this misadventure become increasingly clear.

The result is a world in which power is increasingly distributed rather than concentrated.

His administration is trapped more and more in the paralyzing grip of special interest groups.

The same is true for ground water. Land is also increasingly scarce.

Since 1980, regulations have been progressively relaxed until they practically disappeared.

Indeed, Asian trade and commodity flows are increasingly interlinked.

For example, it has urged that issues such as sexual exploitation, gender based violence, and under age recruitment and abduction be taken into account in refugee status determinations.

Lawsuits are apparently increasingly common, but they are notoriously cumbersome, and judges are not independent from factory bosses.

Layla became irresistible.

(c) Increased, effective and harmonized utilization of transboundary water resources.

Instead, Western prosperity relied increasingly on debt.

Indeed, Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki s government is becoming increasingly allied with Iran.

It is a panorama that is increasingly characteristic of modern day Africa.