Increasingly the valuing of nature became an aspect of Western culture.

The number of death sentences carried out since the consideration of the initial periodic report had steadily decreased.

Financial resources of the Centre operations have been dwindling steadily over the years.

Recent trends Car travel increased steadily throughout the twentieth century, but trends since 2000 have been more complex.

The support of donor countries has been steadily increasing, reflecting growing confidence in effective programme delivery.

Since its introduction, that concept has engendered progressively greater interest from Member States, including my own country.

The number of countries that have created online databases and websites listing volunteer opportunities is growing steadily.

Between 1993 and 2001, this ratio rose steadily in rural areas and fell in urban areas.

The number of the new working poor rose steadily, as the informal sector was increasingly deprived of economic growth opportunities.

The situation is markedly worse among rural populations, women and the indigenous population.

History The number of farms had decreased steadily in West Germany, from 1.6 million in 1950 to 630,000 in 1990.

Success in the 1990s built steadily on improving performance begun in the 1980s.

We are moving steadily to strengthen good governance through strong democratic institutions, establish the rule of law and eliminate intolerance in our society.

Pastoralism is steadily losing its margin of manoeuvre, as rangelands are being lost at an alarming rate.

Talk radio is even worse, since it relies heavily on emotional opinion sharing.

Fiscal consolidation affects an estimated 80 of developing country citizens, and its impact is expected to intensify steadily through 2015.

Development in the solar water heating sector progressed steadily throughout the 1990s and growth rates have averaged 20 per year since 1999.

These troops were steadily pushed back, but the Australians brought forward elite veteran Second Australian Imperial Force units that the Japanese had not expected.

In general, bleeding often indicates a worse outcome, and blood loss may result in death.

There had been steady progress in the utilization of the conference facilities in Nairobi.

The space is recursively subdivided into quadrants until each subdivision contains 0 or 1 bodies (some regions do not have bodies in all of their quadrants).

The Tribunal continues to make steady progress in apprehending fugitives.

Bystanders understandably wonder which is worse awkward rebranding or awkward puns.

However, the funding provided through that channel has been steadily declining in recent years, severely hampering the relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts of disaster affected countries.

There is a growing tendency of courts to rule upon compensation for the victims of trafficking.

The role of forests and forestry for energy is growing.

The programme to reform the Liberian judicial system continued to make steady progress.

The population of Croatia rose steadily from 2.1 million in 1857 until 1991, when it peaked at 4.7 million, with exception of censuses taken in 1921 and 1948, i.e.

Abe is resolved to make steady progress on each of these key issues.

It is widely recognized that Oceania remains one of the identified regions of the world that is worst off in meeting its Millennium Development Goals.

Growth has been strong, inflation is under control, and international reserves have increased steadily.

We overreact because being human, we feel like retaliating, and it gets worse and worse and worse.

The population of Croatia rose steadily from 2.1 million in 1857 until 1991, when it peaked at 4.7 million, with the exception of censuses taken in 1921 and 1948, i.e.

In view of the serious deterioration in living conditions in the Palestinian territory in the past three years, it was worrying that the Agency's emergency appeals were receiving less and less support while the needs were steadily increasing.

The deployment of UNMIS military elements has progressed slowly but steadily.

The results were shocking whatever the impact of radiation on animals may be, the effects of human habitation seem to have been a lot worse.

That could be the worst day of your life, your worst nightmare, ever worse than the nightmares those kids have in the Nightmare on Elm Street Movies.

Reforms have permitted sustained economic growth since 1993, except for a slump after the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

The cyclone began to strengthen steadily and turned southward, paralleling the eastern Australian coast through 31 December.

Slow but steady progress had been made in the universalization of the IAEA additional protocol.

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The situation is worse than we believed.

Welcomes the contributions and financial pledges already made to the Fund, and emphasizes the necessity of sustained contributions in order to enhance the capacity of the Fund to immediately release the resources needed to launch post conflict peacebuilding activities

Even so, almost 90 per cent of the affected population was reached during the reporting period and the provision of humanitarian assistance in the life saving sectors, food, water, sanitation, shelter and health, has steadily increased since January 2005.