Businesses were encouraged with government subsidies and loans.

Women were being encouraged to take entrance exams for government positions and exams were currently being used to provide objective criteria for promotion for government employees women were encouraged to take such exams.

Commercial banks and other financial institutions were encouraged to contribute to the fund.

Development aid agencies were encouraged to support the alternative development programmes of UNODC.

With incomes stagnant, households were encouraged to borrow, especially against home equity, to maintain consumption.

Similarly, transparency would be encouraged if only payments that are fully documented were tax deductible.

I was impressed and encouraged that roughly four fifths of the 85 children were fully vaccinated.

Young people were encouraged to examine priorities of greatest concern in their national or local contexts.

In the occupied Syrian Golan, half of the Israeli settlements were scheduled for expansion, and new settlers were being encouraged to move in.

Local governments were encouraged to increase their spending on public infrastructure projects in order to maintain growth.

Girls were encouraged to secure an education and pursue a career in the factory or the office.

Lastly, she wondered whether men as well as women were encouraged to take responsibility for family planning.

In the interim, aggrieved parties were being encouraged to seek redress directly through the courts where possible.

Girls were being encouraged to pursue technical and vocational training and to enter other traditionally male fields.

Girls were encouraged to attend school through awareness raising campaigns which involved the participation of many NGOs.

Children were encouraged to study math and science, and American know how helped the US meet the challenge.

In the early history of the park, visitors were allowed, and sometimes even encouraged, to feed the bears.

People were also encouraged to support the campaign by adding a web button to their website or blog.

Enhancement and support of regional and subregional peacekeeping operations were crucial, and regional organizations should be encouraged and supported.

Nobody encouraged her.

Governments were also encouraged to promote public public and public private partnerships for financing and developing infrastructure and affordable housing.

The mass media were being encouraged to combat existing stereotypes under the project entitled Mass Media (re) Distribution of Power .

Parties were also encouraged to ensure good linkages between the WSSD follow up, in particular the CSD process, and the UNCCD.

A child to child awareness raising programme was developed for use with schoolchildren, and educational authorities were encouraged to implement it.

We were also encouraged by the recent agreement on the Rafah border crossing between the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority.

Following an investigation, they were charged with engaging in acts which, inter alia, justified terrorism, encouraged violence and incited civil disturbance.

No one encouraged her.

Second, legislation encouraged it.

I'm encouraged by that.

States were encouraged to enact national legislation, as necessary, that would enable the Convention and the draft optional protocol to be implemented.

Both governing and opposition parties were encouraged to take initiatives on behalf of the Pygmies, women, people with disabilities and street children.

That trend should be encouraged.

Poverty, armed conflicts and international tensions were among the factors that encouraged the spread of terrorism and swelled the ranks of terrorist organizations.

This critique of masculinity also dramatically affected intimate relationships women were encouraged to express their dissatisfaction with men s refusal to share their inner lives.

Even if ratings were no longer required or encouraged by law, however, demand for ratings and the need to improve their reliability would remain.

Under the Alternative Dispute Resolution Act, parties were encouraged to resolve their differences out of court in order to avoid the costly legal process.

Sami encouraged Layla to do that.

Koreans were encouraged to learn and speak Japanese, adopt the Japanese family name system and Shinto religion, and were forbidden to write or speak the Korean language in schools, businesses, or public places.

We were encouraged by the way the Israeli Government showed great courage in implementing the withdrawal from Gaza and the northern West Bank this summer.

Fadil encouraged Dania to go to college.

Others should feel encouraged to follow suit.

Popular participation in sport should be encouraged.

3 Wide civil society participation is encouraged.

This development should be welcomed and encouraged.

They should therefore continue to be encouraged.