105. The variations described above resulted in higher expenditure than originally foreseen.

Further requirements under utilities are due to higher than anticipated use of electricity during the election periods.

Expenditures under common staff costs were slightly higher than expected due to the evacuation costs of one staff member apos s family.

Total expenditure was marginally higher than expected owing to a short overlap in salaries arising from the rotation of Programme Officers.

Higher expenditure was thus incurred in the budget for salaries and extended mission costs under common staff costs.

The cost of spare parts required for the British Hire Schedule vehicles for the British contingent was higher than originally anticipated, resulting in overexpenditure of 3,000.

(a) Military observers slower deployment than anticipated

61. The cost of medical supplies delivered through the United States logistical support group was higher than what had been foreseen at the time of preparation of the budget.

Overexpenditure of 14,200 under maintenance services was due to higher contractual costs than anticipated.

Due to the above, as well as higher than anticipated staff costs, 1993 expenditures exceeded the revised allocation.

8. Slightly higher than anticipated expenditure was incurred under the care and maintenance project for improvement of sanitation facilities at Dukwi refugee settlement.

Thus, the outcome of the project was far below what was anticipated.

26. Total expenditure in 1993 was lower than expected.

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

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.

Military personnel were deployed at a faster rate and in greater numbers than had been anticipated.

Regrettably, it took considerably longer than had been anticipated to secure the resources required.

That transition would be longer and more complicated than had been previously anticipated.

That's to be expected.

Aggregate output was unchanged in 1991 but recovered faster than expected.

However, despite lucrative incentives provided to the private sector, results have been less favourable than expected.

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

Owing to political difficulties, however, disarmament has been slower than expected.

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.

That will come at the PasdeCalais where it was always expected.

Where we always expected it!

The project however turned out to be more time consuming than expected, largely because the requirements regarding the registration and segregation of the assets proved to be more complex than anticipated.

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

When it became apparent to both the Agency and the donor that the problems were greater than anticipated, the funds available were reprogrammed.

The widespread and enthusiastic support for radical political and economic change that followed the revolutions in 1989 has given way to a large measure of disillusionment and discontent, since the costs of adjustment have proved to be much higher than expected.

I anticipated it, sir.

It is true that we have had to wait longer than expected for the entry into force of the Convention.

And here's the best part. If you do your task particularly well, better than expected, you should be paid a bonus rather than being penalized.

The proposed 1994 allocation has been revised downwards to account for the actual population, which is lower than originally foreseen.

Violence has tended to increase community instability and destitution, while the progress in political negotiations was much slower than anticipated.

Here's an example of a symbol that was predicted.

Also, the number of specialists was higher than originally budgeted for.

34A.10 Projected requirements for temporary assistance and consultancy services during the 1992 1993 biennium are lower than anticipated.

23. Savings under alterations and renovation of premises and maintenance services resulted from lower than budgeted costs.

The external design phase took longer than expected and as a consequence the selection of a contractor for the remaining phases of software development was delayed.

It is a matter of serious concern that the peaceful world expected to be ushered in by the end of the cold war has not materialized.

Non staff costs for travel on official business was lower than expected due the reduction in the number of planned missions.

Except in the 19th Century, the way work was organized is that if you did your task better than expected, you were penalized.

Overall, the project is very much on track (if more expensive than originally anticipated) and seems likely to fulfill its promise as the largest and most important source of information on the nature, extent and causes of poverty in Myanmar.

Too high, and you lost business too low, and you got less than people were willing to pay.