For starters, politics lags behind economics, which in turn lags behind market developments.

It is true that in other economic terms, China still lags far behind.

For starters, politics lags behind economics, which in turn lags behind market developments. Sentiment on trading desks in New York or Hong Kong may have improved, but it has deteriorated on the streets of Madrid and Athens.

She looks thin. When the starting gun fires, Omar lags behind.

Moreover, Asia s political integration badly lags behind its economic integration, and, to compound matters, it has no security framework.

The soft power of Asian countries, then, lags behind that of the US, Europe, and Japan, but it is likely to increase.

High levels of involuntary unemployment throughout the advanced economies suggest that demand lags behind potential supply.

Labor market recovery normally lags behind that of GDP hence the jobless recoveries of recent decades.

The United States lags behind Europe in getting rid of the worst forms of abuse of farm animals.

Africa still lags behind many parts of the world in educating its girls from primary school through to university.

But, although Asia is becoming more like Europe in terms of economic integration, political and diplomatic integration lags behind.

According to this view, the principal problem faced by central banks will not be restraining demand as it shoots above potential, but boosting demand as it lags behind potential.

While the European Union lags behind the US in terms of conventional weapons, its capacity to fight terrorism is probably higher.

But neither can we accept a situation in which vast resources are spent on national cohesion, while European cohesion lags so woefully behind.

It is subject to what Milton Friedman called long and variable lags.

Among you is he who lags behind . Then , when a calamity befalls you , he says , God has favored me , that I was not martyred with them .

Among you is he who lags behind . Then , when a calamity befalls you , he says , God has favored me , that I was not martyred with them .

The industrial base remains weak in sub Saharan Africa, and the region lags behind with respect to manufacturing activity and the level and speed of industrialization.

The transparency and consistency of official figures lags well behind the authorities hyped promises about government reform, streamlining of the bureaucracy, and the retreat of the Party apparatus.

In the past, when my European friends have asked me why the US lags so far behind Europe in matters of animal welfare, I have had no answer.

Russia no longer lags behind the developed world in Internet use, which has provided space for unregulated speech, allowing users to circumvent the official and overwhelmingly pro Putin news media.

They must consider the mood of the protest movement, as well as opinion polls, which suggest that their popular support lags behind the republicans by a nine to one margin.

Among you there is such who lags behind , then if some affliction strikes you , he says ' Indeed Allah bestowed His favour upon me that I was not present with them . '

Among you there is such who lags behind , then if some affliction strikes you , he says ' Indeed Allah bestowed His favour upon me that I was not present with them . '

Indeed, the second ranked country in terms of total annual military spending, the United Kingdom, lags far behind, at 55 billion, followed by France ( 45 billion), Japan ( 41 billion), and Germany ( 35 billion).

The continent still lags behind the target of six per cent growth in gross national product per annum, as established by the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s.

And, because unskilled workers tend to lose their jobs first in economic downturns, while employment generally lags behind output recovery, reduced public investment in health, education, and other social programs ultimately increased the vulnerability of the poor.

Of the three prefectures Miyagi has experienced the most success, with 80 per cent of planned replacement housing completed. Iwate Prefecture has completed 75 per cent of such housing, while Fukushima lags behind at 70 per cent.

But if external demand lags, products accumulate, prices decline, and profits fall.

With 5 of the world s population and the bulk of the world s oil and gas, the Arab world nonetheless lags behind most of the rest of the world, and suffers from what can best be termed educational poverty.

This idea has logic behind it.

The latest figures are for 2004, and, because of data lags, not all countries are included.

But he should not ignore the time lags between the American and the German economic cycles.

Tourism has largely rebounded in two of the three prefectures, but, once again, Fukushima still lags.

In addition to the lags in policies effects, many other factors influence the economy every month, making it difficult to disentangle the true causes underlying particular outcomes.

We should now put it behind us.

For western and eastern Japan (including Tokyo), hay fever season starts between late January and mid February, as the weather begins to warm up. Cedar pollen production peaks in late March to early April and then steadily declines, while cypress pollination lags behind by about a month.

This is most true in high tech industries, the sector in which the Middle East lags the most.

It is a quiet, painstaking slog behind the scenes.

It is still unclear who is behind the kidnapping.

Don't look for shadow behind me. I carry it within.

In 2007 it was placed third, behind Tampere and Oulu.

Overall, the picture remains mixed some more progress, but still some delays headway being made, but serious lags in some areas.

Lags in deployment are hampering the Mission's ability to carry out its mandate effectively in key areas of the ceasefire zone.

A soul will know what it hath sent before ( it ) and what left behind .