Iran has strengthened its influence in Iraq, and has helped to keep the Assad regime, a key ally, in power much longer than expected.

The present document was submitted late owing to the fact that sessional dates were generated on an experimental basis for New York based bodies through e Meets and the technical details required more time than expected.

Progress in achieving the MDGs is far from what was originally envisaged.

Initially, there was little basis for re pricing them rationally, because the event (a peacetime decline in US house prices) was unprecedented.

But, for eight million kids, the wait was too long.

Requirements were also lower than anticipated under maintenance services for laundry, catering, waste disposal and for perimeter fencing and gates.

But, given the dire circumstances at the outset, we have done far better than could have been expected and, indeed, was expected by many in 2001.

Nonetheless, although progress has been somewhat slower than expected, the unification process in Mostar remains on track.

The path to today s crisis was predictable.

The variance of 521,600 under this heading is attributable to the rental of fewer than planned speedboats and pushers.

The global economy and the US economy, in particular is growing faster than expected, and world oil prices are above 100 per barrel.

In particular, GDP growth is expected to be 1 per cent lower than predicted earlier in Sri Lanka owing to the effects of the tsunami.

Our gross domestic product (GDP) has exceeded the goals we set, and investment in the fight against poverty, has, as a proportion of GDP, also been slightly higher than forecast.

Of course, restoring peace and security is taking much more time than expected.

Experience shows that once constructed, temporary buildings tend to be used for a far longer period than was originally projected.

If a smaller number than anticipated is received, and if no effective competition can be expected, a procuring entity may be required to withdraw the auction under paragraph 4 (d).

As a result, they waited too long.

For example, a study on chess players revealed that female players performed more poorly than expected when they were told they would be playing against a male opponent.

One of the highlights of the meeting was the fact that the Transitional Government of Haiti had more financial resources than expected, as revenues were higher and disbursements lower than anticipated.

As for Europe, it did nothing which was foreseeable.

Eastern Europe s transformation after 1989 took a lot longer and was much more costly than originally envisaged.

First, Greek debt reduction was postponed for too long.

62. Notes with concern that the multilingual development and enrichment of the United Nations web site has been slower than expected because of a lack of resources, among other factors

Neither the planned sanctions nor the recently published US Nuclear Posture Review, a far less revolutionary document than expected, will curb Iran s nuclear appetite.

At the same time, it reflects, in many ways, a lower than expected consensus and should be taken as the basis for further reform efforts.

Predictably, the Fed s critics are up in arms.

As expected, the arrival of summer has resulted in an increased level of activity of opposing militant forces.

It is not surprising that they are working longer than Keynes thought they would.

The world economy has been run for too long by finance enthusiasts.

Too many people stay for too long.

The HIV AIDS crisis is far worse than anticipated, and infant, child and maternal mortality remains unacceptably high in many parts of the world.

The negative impact of the fall in real estate investment since 2010 has been deeper and longer than expected indeed, almost all categories of imports that fell by 10 or more in August were related to real estate investment.

The better than expected cash position resulted from additional voluntary contributions received, interest income earned, savings on prior period obligations as well as delays in the liquidation of current period obligations.

At that rate, it will take an unreasonable amount of time to clear the backlog.

Where limestone has been used, such as at Cwm Rheidol in mid Wales, the positive impact has been much less than anticipated because of the creation of an insoluble calcium sulfate layer on the limestone chips, binding the material and preventing further neutralization.

This was the first time when that support to national reports was availed through a multilateral project, and the finalization of the related arrangements consumed took more time than expected.

For too long, the debate has been framed around the concept of burden sharing.

It does. Put bluntly, Americans were living beyond their means for too long.

The US has been absent from Middle East peacemaking for too long.

Still, this global recession will continue for a longer period than the consensus suggest.

For Italy, the path toward competitiveness is shorter, but for Portugal and Greece it is substantially longer perhaps too long.

This was the first time that support to national reports was availed through a multilateral project, and the finalization of the related arrangements consumed more time than expected.

History gave Yasir Arafat far more time than most leaders to achieve his mission.

LaBeouf said production was only delayed two days after his accident because Bay made up for it by filming second unit scenes, and LaBeouf recovered a few weeks earlier than expected, allowing him to return to the set.

During the period, the Mission commenced a faster pace of drawdown and withdrawal of the military force as described in the reports of the Secretary General to the Security Council (S 2004 724, S 2004 965 and S 2005 135).