The results were predictable.

Bush s reaction is less predictable.

Second, outcomes are not predictable.

The path to today s crisis was predictable.

On one level, that reaction is predictable.

The online discussion followed a predictable flow.

Predictable donor support would also be helpful.

H. Establish clear and predictable priority rules

To make sure that national planning is substantiated by more predictable funding, we would encourage donors to make predictable multi year pledges.

The impact on governance is all too predictable.

Traffic that is never ceasing and never predictable

Road traffic accidents are predictable and therefore preventable.

Countries are not like humans with predictable life spans.

The predictable suspect is former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe.

It should not be. All of this was predictable.

Committing to pledge funding in a more predictable manner

Committing to pledge funding in a more predictable manner

At first glance, this was a rational and predictable outcome.

These different models have predictable implications for international economic policies.

Recurrence intervals of these events are neither regular nor predictable.

Humanitarian response needs to become more predictable in all emergencies.

Aid flows should be predictable and aligned with countries' needs.

They are predictable, widely known and consistently enforced, without discrimination.

Governments could not provide the Organization with a stable and predictable flow of financial resources unless they were certain that their assessed contributions would also be stable and predictable.

While it assumes predictable financial flows, such predictability can be spurious.

It was predictable that China s currency peg would have this effect.

But, as always, elections in Iran are neither predictable nor transparent.

In a rational, predictable world, such an outcome might produce stability.

However vibrant, Israel s democracy is not exactly manageable or predictable, either.

With a new emergency Fund, we may have more predictable funding.

More predictable funding of United Nations operational activities should be pursued.

Facilitate enforcement of creditor's rights in a predictable and efficient manner

Adequate and predictable funding for national reports should thus be ensured.

Private infrastructure developers and long term investors essentially withdrew as Governments were unable to put in place sustainable policies that assured adequate and predictable returns, particularly in the politically contentious power and water sectors (World Bank, ibid.).

Our intuition is really fooling us in a repeatable, predictable, consistent way.

But achieving such a compromise won t be a smooth or predictable process.

Therefore, this approach will provide stable, predictable and growing levels of funding.

Second, we need predictable funding to meet the needs of vulnerable communities.

What is most alarming is that this crisis is predictable and preventable.

The need for more predictable funding raises a number of complex issues.

Fortunately, by sponsoring long term, targeted initiatives, governments can stimulate more predictable demand.

Societies with well functioning institutions allocate the burden of distress in predictable ways.

Similarly, I have called for a more predictable humanitarian response in complex emergencies.

For those in power, a big piece of a shrinking pie is preferable to no piece of a growing one, which is what most of the current elite would receive under a fair legal system with clear rules and predictable enforcement.

They can also take steps to make ODA more predictable from year to year.