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.

Donor aid did start to rise sharply as a result of all of these efforts.

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.

For such a model atmosphere, the pressure declines exponentially with increasing altitude.

The recent rise in gold prices is only partially justified by fundamentals.

Obviously, this would cause the cost of drilling to increase significantly.

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.

First, the oil producing countries and China will continue to export substantially more than they import.

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

Since the days of Deng, China has had an uncanny ability to rise to the occasion and meet its challenges head on.

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.

And, as GDP growth has become increasingly dependent on government led investment, currency demand has continued to rise.

This was because the accuracy of the pressure altimeter (used to determine altitude) decreases with height.

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.

NEW HAVEN Since hitting bottom in early March, the world s major stock markets have all risen dramatically. Some, notably in China and Brazil, reached lows last fall and again in March, before rebounding sharply, with Brazil s Bovespa up 75 in May compared to late October 2008, and the Shanghai Composite up 54 in roughly the same period.

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

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Failure would mean succumbing to a mid air stall, with tepid forward motion giving way to a sudden loss of altitude.

Sunni Shia tensions tend to rise sharply during geopolitical power struggles, such as in Iraq in 2006 2008.

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.

But, as China grows increasingly dependent on imports of resource commodities to meet its basic needs, its coast will continue to enjoy a transport cost advantage.

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

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.

But hints of new fiscal imprudence or of backsliding on long term debt consolidation and reduction can drive up borrowing costs dramatically.

While the numbers may seem small, the rise significantly increases the likelihood of severe flooding along vulnerable coasts worldwide.

There, capital inflows create asset bubbles that tend to overheat the domestic economy and drive up wages and consumer prices inordinately.

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