This source of vulnerability has become less important, owing to tight restrictions imposed since the 1990 s on local governments borrowing capacity.

His letters become less significant.

He did not leave the majority, but became more critical.

They are probably are even less willing to do so today in the name of a Union that is less popular than ever, at least in the British Isles.

A class division originally based on military service became more important.

Not only is the market economy less popular in France than in all other European countries or the US, but it is less popular than in Russia or in China!

They may be less relevant for the larger Singapore companies.

The street has now become much more strategic.

Genocide makes other crimes seem less important.

People have become less admiring of Berlusconi, because the hypocrisy has gone too far.

Its youth are less conformist and more demanding, less passive and more pluralistic.

Of course, farmland is much less important than other speculative assets.

The less receptive the government the more important supporting civil society becomes.

True, the US market has become less important for European exports, while Asia s trade significance for Europe has grown.

But, the devaluation was much less important than is widely assumed.

Thirty years after the Islamic revolution, Iranians are growing demonstrably less religious and more liberal.

Russia s economic influence in Afghanistan is far less robust, but it is growing.

What is at stake is the future of a region critical to Eurasia s peace.

Indeed, China has arrived at a point where its impact on the global economy is systemically important.

Ascribed status has become less important while achieved status and education have not lost their importance.

Such information may become less important as experience with auctions increases.

That these clogged arteries that you see on the upper left, after only a year become measurably less clogged.

US consumers are shopped out, savings less, and debt burdened.

Thus, the entire geopolitical context is far less threatening than it was in the 1930 s.

The more complex and costly the mechanisms used, the less fit the resistant population will be.

The Mars of the twentieth century is a lot less sure of itself in the twenty first.

Given the current deterioration of the situation, the Agency's work had become more important than ever.

But those compromises are like statistics or skimpy swimsuits what they show is less important than what they hide.

Few of the Palestinian bloggers write online using pseudonyms.

The main objective of the regime became the extrication of the country from the war with as little additional damage as possible.

Less common during the Middle Ages, this practice resurfaced during the Renaissance.

In our media dominated age, personalities ultimately matter more than programs, which means that elimination prevails over selection.

Perhaps most important, Mexico, for the first time in its history, has a truly independent and effective Supreme Court.

But casting aspersions on a nominee s patriotism was the norm in the McCarthy era it is less common today.

When corrected, the effect is substantially smaller, but nonetheless economically consequential.

Today, we find ourselves at an equally exciting moment, no less critical to the future of humankind.

It is not clear if the announcement is official, but it has been also published on smaller Arabic news sites.

Walls will become less important as library staff interact more closely with users in their daily work.

The economic crisis has left many people far less prosperous, and perhaps less inclined to be ambitious in our efforts to address Europe s security challenges.

Coordination within the eurozone above all between its most important economies, France and Germany is therefore all the more important.

Permits that used to sell for more than 30 per ton before the crisis now trade for under 10.

These investment failures have been great for Americans, who owe a lot less to foreigners than they would otherwise.

Cairo is noteworthy because it is expanding in three directions lengthways, extending as far as Wahet Omar in the north and Beni Suef in the south widthways, capturing the governorates of Giza and Qalyoubiya (and some predict that within four years Cairo will occupy Suez, Ismailia, Fayoum and Ain Sokhna) and vertically, with the time needed to demolish a villa and build a residential tower in Cairo now less than eleven hours.

It was only after the Industrial Revolution less than 300 years ago that sugar became more affordable and entered the mainstream diet.

Second, and related, the typical armed conflict has become significantly less formalized.