The United States, which best embodies ultimate power, is less willing and less able to exercise it.

His letters become less significant.

Now the most popular option became the least popular.

Religious minorities have become more insecure.

Gradually, however, such scenes became less popular.

Traditional business leadership styles have become less effective.

Simulated wood appliqués became less common in the 1980s.

(c) Voter registration in preparation for the forthcoming elections

First, the seven remaining fugitives are less likely to accept to surrender voluntarily than the accused who were transferred in the first part of this year.

It s now even less attractive to watch movies there.

Some have been more forthcoming than others in their response.

Both Africa and the region have been very forthcoming in helping Somalia.

New missions are less equipped to provide this service in a timely manner, and vendors have limited ability to modify equipment to peacekeeping specifications.

As countries become less reliant on traditional sources of financing, they are less likely to follow foreign diktats blindly.

Over this period, the rebel movements have become less cooperative in the talks.

Net nannies as China s Internet censors are often dubbed blocked sensitive articles less frequently.

Since then, they have looked far less safe.

Although the economic storm has become less intense, it hasn t calmed yet.

As the ambient temperature gets cooler, these collectors become less effective.

Developing countries have also shown an increasing willingness to make contributions bilaterally.

When prices are rising, the real interest rate is less than the nominal rate since the borrower repays with dollars that are worth less.

In reality, the crisis has merely become less visible.

Through his visit to Jerusalem, Sadat made more ordinary the nature of the Arab Israeli conflict.

Fadil was very forthcoming about the details of his relationship with Layla.

We welcome the fact that African States are forthcoming in expressing their aspirations.

The deliberations of the National People s Congress, for example, are becoming less ceremonial and more substantive.

Indeed, local governments appear less afraid of Beijing s bite than before.

Once their common enemy, the secularists, were out of the way, Erdoğan had less need for the movement.

Ascribed status has become less important while achieved status and education have not lost their importance.

Second, Japan s public finances are weaker than in 1995, and demographic factors are less favorable.

There is more fear today in the West, but also a little less hope in Asia.

Russia has stabilized under Putin, but its has become markedly less democratic.

But, in the last two decades, the story of the Somali nomad has become far less romantic and far more complex.

And yet global interest rates are even lower now than they were then.

The bottom line is that the investment climate for foreign direct investors is becoming less welcoming.

As a result, the likelihood of another disaster on the scale of Fukushima has been reduced.

With the decline in trade, foreign competition became less of a problem for import sensitive sectors.

Similarly, the US has become less safe since President Bush declared war on terror.

India, for example, is becoming less dependent on aid, and eventually will not need it.

This is Mr. Lopez, who has been in solitary confinement for 18 months, and he's providing input on the types of images that he believes would make him and his fellow inmates more serene, more calm, less apt to violence.

During the electoral process, the Gender Section was mandated to provide support for women candidates, voters and organizations in preparation for the elections.

Why less and less people? Because it is so expensive, so very few will be able to basically afford that.

The French now find themselves on the front line at a time when they have much less appetite for it.

The campaign reduced the French and allied invasion forces to a tiny fraction of their initial strength.

Thus, we welcome the fact that the issue of the least developed countries is now a priority of the United Nations agenda.