The problem is that when these scare stories are later shown to be wrong, people become less willing to listen even to reasonable arguments about global warming.

The United States, which best embodies ultimate power, is less willing and less able to exercise it.

But the availability of long term capital appears to have been impaired, as traditional providers of equity to infrastructure projects, for example, have become less able or willing to invest.

His letters become less significant.

And what I'm seeing is that people get so used to being short changed out of real conversation, so used to getting by with less, that they've become almost willing to dispense with people altogether.

When food is abundant, bears become less aggressive.

Traditional business leadership styles have become less effective.

Historically lax policies have become far less accommodative.

As statist models of economic development become more appealing, democratic governance will become less so.

In reality, the crisis has merely become less visible.

Sustainability can be achieved only when the haves become willing to sacrifice for the have nots.

It has become the EU s leading power but it is neither willing nor able to lead.

Too high, and you lost business too low, and you got less than people were willing to pay.

There are already many examples of more or less conservative Islamist parties that are willing to play along.

This attack on 5,000 peaceful protesters led many former pacifists to become willing to use violent methods.

Domestically oriented macroeconomists look at the situation roughly like this at some point in the future, foreign central banks will become less willing to continue buying massive amounts of dollar denominated securities in order to prop up the greenback.

And, until recently, donors who were willing to pay for relief were less likely to finance follow up evaluations.

France and the UK were not willing to give up the symbol of their nuclear and international status. 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.

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.

It would become, instead, a willing and unimpeded exchange of goods and services in conditions of mutual advantage.

Santos may be less willing to avoid confrontation, if only because the personal antipathy between the two leaders is immense.

As the ambient temperature gets cooler, these collectors become less effective.

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

As countries become less reliant on traditional sources of financing, they are less likely to follow foreign diktats blindly.

When agents are bored with their work, they become less engaged and less motivated to do their jobs well.

Even if poor countries were willing to guarantee their deposits, the guarantee would mean less than that from the United States.

Complicating matters even more, these inflows have become less and less connected to the recipient countries economic and financial fundamentals.

Rainfall patterns will vary, and the Asian monsoon will become less reliable.

But governing the enlarged union has become more difficult and less efficient.

Moreover, with less government support, rural credit has often become prohibitively expensive.

Russia has stabilized under Putin, but its has become markedly less democratic.

Although the economic storm has become less intense, it hasn t calmed yet.

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

Japan has become more willing to use its power, and more aware of changes in the external balance of power.

When the crisis hit home, Western economists were much less willing to accept that pain was necessary, or so the explanation goes.

Replacing biomass sources by less destructive energy supplies has thus become increasingly urgent.

As economies develop and become richer, manufacturing making things inevitably becomes less important.

In a similar way, transportation can become less energy intensive without restricting mobility.

Control over song generation has become less constrained, more distributed, and more flexible.

Over this period, the rebel movements have become less cooperative in the talks.

Who can honestly say that public debate has become more rational and less paranoid when our governments have become more transparent?

But if Asian countries move together, China will be more willing to let its exchange rate against the dollar become unstuck.

But this mechanism lacks the common political will needed to activate it the less it is used, the less usable it will become.

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

Similarly, the US has become less safe since President Bush declared war on terror.