In Central and Eastern European countries a slight downward trend has been observed.

Cocaine production has followed the same trend as coca leaf cultivation, pointing to a slight increase.

Of concern are a slight increase in police brutality, an alarming trend in juvenile suicides and the forced return of refugees to Somaliland .

Although the downward trend in the registration of marriages that started in the 1990s continued in 2000, there has been a slight increase since 2001.

But the United Nations climate panel s latest assessment tells us precisely the opposite for North America, there is medium confidence that there has been an overall slight tendency toward less dryness (wetting trend with more soil moisture and runoff).

There should be a very slight red precipitate.

Since 2004, however, the downward trend has halted and slight increases in coca cultivation have taken place, mainly in Bolivia and Peru, as a result, in part, of the political upheaval in Bolivia as well as the social unrest in both countries.

With his traditional sense of humor, Lula dismissed the slight.

So it's a slight misquote. The articles were edited quite heavily.

A slight devaluation would solve any remaining problem with export demand.

Also used in skin care, because of its slight astringent nature.

I just expected him to come back, it was a slight tiff .

A slight increase in the number of staff members has been noted.

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There is hope, however slight, that, unlike Putin, Medvedev may mean what he says.

Revaluation would accelerate this trend.

This trend must be reversed.

There is clearly a trend.

Part of a regional trend

That trend must be reversed.

That trend should be encouraged.

This is a welcome trend.

Thus, normal re equilibration to purchasing power parity should give the dollar slight upward momentum.

Doing so might have slight effects on mood or memory function or impair speech control.

Unchallenged in his second and last term, will he retain even that slight democratic instinct?

That could bring its current account into balance or even into slight deficit by 2015.

Protestants have a slight majority in Northern Ireland, according to the latest Northern Ireland Census.

In 2003, the Territory finished with a slight trade deficit in the amount of 375,000.27

There is probably some slight truth and also a certain degree of irony to this argument.

In July 1973 she suffered a slight stroke and spent three weeks in a nursing home.

Unfortunately, that trend may be reversing.

Reversing this trend demands urgent action.

The current trend is toward decentralization.

This trend seems to have continued.

Ms. M'Rabet (Tunisia) said that she endorsed the statements made by the representative of Qatar on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and by the representative of South Africa on behalf of the Group of African States. She noted the slight improvement in the Organization's financial situation and hoped that that trend would gain momentum.

This is how the ad ran throughout the world Germany made one slight change in the ad.

I believe it all came down to product design, and to some very slight differences in approach.

With slight modifications, the Council submitted the convention to the International Conference in the Spring of 1958.

Depending on the outcome, the Executive Secretary may propose a slight amendment to the expenditures in 2006.

This trend is not hard to understand.

That trend now appears to be waning.

The financial crisis may slow this trend.

Subsequently, the long term downward trend resumed.

Some countries have bucked the global trend.

The statements in question mark that trend.