The status quo contrasts sharply with high level policy statements.

Akihito s travel schedule contrasts sharply with that of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Indeed, EU trade power contrasts sharply with the perception of a weakened Europe.

Indeed, today s US predicament contrasts sharply only with the current experiences of developing Asia.

This contrasts sharply with China and India, both of which have several world class universities, especially in science and engineering.

That contrasts sharply with, for example, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development average of 8,000 kilowatt hours per year.

The expansion of many developing countries' trade and economic growth contrasts sharply with the difficulties faced by many low income countries in integrating themselves beneficially into world trade and into the global economy.

But the scale of the aid remains massive, especially when one considers how little progress Greece has made in implementing the reforms it promised in the past. This contrasts sharply with Asia s experience in 1997.

Ours is a region of cruel contrasts.

This contrasts sharply with China s single party system, in which the level of government accountability is much lower. Official corruption, for example, has become so entrenched that President Xi Jinping has made an anti graft campaign a central objective.

They also often offer examples of sharp contrasts in achievements.

The contrasts in reporting, however, are greatest among development groups.

But it is the ideological picture that presents the starkest contrasts.

Each National Health Service has different policies and priorities, resulting in contrasts.

Leverage is down sharply.

Yet I found everything irresistible, the city s rhythms and colors, its contrasts and surprises.

Africa is undoubtedly the region most affected by the contrasts of the contemporary world.

Sami's health has sharply declined.

But a sharply lower dollar would, at the same time, mean sharply higher inflation, requiring it to tighten policy.

National debt, too, has risen sharply.

WASHINGTON, DC As we enter 2011, the Euro Atlantic region is a study in strategic contrasts.

This contrasts with Kyoto, where the so called Annex I developed countries adopted essentially identical targets.

21 A minimum standards approach contrasts with approaches that require management plans or other pre approval.

That mix of contrasts has the potential to seriously destabilize our societies and ways of living.

The world is a study in contrasts nowadays. We are haunted by images of terror and warfare.

Like them or not, Carter and Reagan offered sharp contrasts in how they dealt with Latin America.

CAMBRIDGE China and Russia have just provided the world with sharp contrasts in the use of power.

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The use of torture had declined sharply.

NAIROBI Renewable energy triggers sharply polarized views.

The goals of media usage diverge sharply.

The interdependence of States is sharply increasing.

Almost everywhere else veered sharply to the right.

Finally, the euro could fall sharply in value.

This contrasts with mixed languages, where speakers tend to be fluent in one or both of the source languages.

Since then, most emerging market currencies have rebounded sharply.

Moreover, market penetration in poor countries is rising sharply.

In the US, the Fed was sharply raising rates.

Thereafter, the two camps interests and conclusions diverged sharply.

These budgetary allocations rose sharply, by 33.08 per cent.

That positive energy contrasts starkly with the decadent beauty of Paris, a city that is on a path of museification.

But when supply is less than demand, prices rise sharply.

After many years of outperformance, GDP growth has slowed sharply.

The government will be forced to consider raising revenues sharply.

The anti Morsi forces are sharply divided ideologically and politically.