A slight increase in the number of staff members has been noted.

Cocaine production has followed the same trend as coca leaf cultivation, pointing to a slight increase.

The outlook for 2005 is for a slowdown in economic growth as commodity prices decline but for a slight increase in inflation.

Resources requested for training related travel are practically unchanged at 161,000, a slight increase from the 160,000 requested in the current period.

Of concern are a slight increase in police brutality, an alarming trend in juvenile suicides and the forced return of refugees to Somaliland .

This represents a slight decrease in liquidity, primarily due to higher cash outflows on deliveries and the increase in the operational reserve level.

And yet, there they are, denouncing as socialism Obama s health care legislation, or a slight tax increase for the richest 1 of the population.

UNDP received a total of 32.9 million in contributions to the JPO programme in 2004, a slight increase over the amount received in 2003 ( 32.5 million).

In the post war period, there is a slight increase of this rate so that in the year 2002 the rate was 7.9 per cent.

Although the downward trend in the registration of marriages that started in the 1990s continued in 2000, there has been a slight increase since 2001.

Non post resources reflect reductions in provisions for services of consultants, hospitality, furniture and equipment, partially offset by a slight increase for supplies and materials.

There was a slight increase over the 2002 2003 biennium allotment as a result of the approval of the two additional posts for the 2004 2005 biennium.

Indeed, to see high school students expressing their hostility to Sarkozy s planned slight increase in the retirement age is particularly revealing.

Freedom House, a non governmental organization, listed 86 free countries at the beginning of the Bush years, and a slight increase to 89 by the end of his term.

An alternative minimum tax was established, along with a slight increase in gasoline taxes, but both were so watered down that they barely add up to anything.

There should be a very slight red precipitate.

The Palestinian Authority's gross national product was 3.7 billion in 2004, a slight increase on the 3.6 billion in 2003, though below the pre 2000 figure estimated at 5.0 billion.

As for movement in the West Bank, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has reported a slight increase there are now just over 400 roadblocks and checkpoints.

Developmental factors Factors such as hypoxia and infection, or stress and malnutrition in the mother during fetal development, may result in a slight increase in the risk of schizophrenia later in life.

Finally, with more than 20 of all income going to the top 1 , a slight increase, say 5 , in taxes actually paid would bring in more than 1 trillion over the course of a decade.

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A slight devaluation would solve any remaining problem with export demand.

Finally, with more than 20 of all income going to the top 1 , a slight increase, say 5 , in taxes actually paid would bring in nbsp more than 1 trillion over the course of a decade.

I just expected him to come back, it was a slight tiff .

There was also a slight, but statistically significant, decline in the severity of assaults between these two time periods Rates of spousal violence have dropped in 2001 and 2002, following a steady increase between 1998 and 2000.

In Central and Eastern European countries a slight downward trend has been observed.

The implementation of the Renewed Funding Framework for the public system resulted in a slight increase in funding for private schools as the base instruction rate increased, but does not represent any specific change in policy.

In July 1973 she suffered a slight stroke and spent three weeks in a nursing home.

Protestants have a slight majority in Northern Ireland, according to the latest Northern Ireland Census.

In 2003, the Territory finished with a slight trade deficit in the amount of 375,000.27

Old age and survivors' benefits comprise the largest insurance branch at the NII and the numbers are rising, with a 3.8 increase in the number of old age benefit recipients. There was a slight decrease in the number of survivor benefits recipients ( 0.1 ).

The proposed budget for the biennium 2004 2005 contained a slight increase in relation to the preceding period, which Nigeria welcomed, because it was time to give the Organization resources that were adequate in relation to the breadth of its mission.

With his traditional sense of humor, Lula dismissed the slight.

There is probably some slight truth and also a certain degree of irony to this argument.

The budget appropriation entailed a slight increase of 0.5 per cent in real terms in relation to the previous period taking account of the prescribed mandates and the ever larger volume of activities, a reallocation of resources towards priority areas would undoubtedly be necessary.

Also used in skin care, because of its slight astringent nature.

Depending on the outcome, the Executive Secretary may propose a slight amendment to the expenditures in 2006.

If the MINUSTAH presence is accompanied by material assistance that brings about even a slight improvement in living conditions, that will increase the population's confidence in the Mission and its willingness to cooperate, which will facilitate the reconciliation, disarmament and demobilization processes.

While there has been a slight increase in the absorptive capacity of the operating and development budgets, the Government still lacks the capacity to meet donor requirements for the project documents and feasibility studies that are necessary for the release of donor funds.

Compared with 2003 delivery of 94.6 million, the 2004 delivery shows an excess of over 4 million, which appears to be mainly attributable to the increase in trust funds and Montreal Protocol with slight decrease in IDF.

It may take the form of a simple bow of the head, or a slight incline of the upper body.

Along the Suvanto sector, the Finns had a slight advantage of elevation and dry ground to dig into.

Compared to the previous period, there was a slight decline in incidents of violence related to those cases.

Almost 74 per cent of States had taken measures to put the know your client principle into practice, a slight increase compared with 72 per cent in the second reporting period and 50 in the first. The approaches taken to implementing know your client varied.

It is only a slight exaggeration to say there are more possible moves in a chess game than atoms in a universe.