A slight increase in the number of staff members has been noted.

But how disturbing?

About twenty minor opposition parties are registered.

Diplomats view these developments with alarm.

I would be upset by people who ridiculed their deaths.

The cyclone reached the capital city of Muscat, but the damages were nominal in comparison.

There s a minor mention of the incident far below the fold.

It is not hard to see why.

However, concern about populist policies is not fully justified.

Americans are not alone in worrying about oil as a security problem.

On 12 July, he was lightly wounded in the fighting.

There is reason to worry about this.

Minor changes were made to take account of some of the comments made during the discussion.

There have been several isolated attacks which caused relatively minor damage and casualties.

The prospect of a future of genetically modified athletes incites alarm throughout the sports world, accompanied by portrayals of such athletes as inhuman or some form of mutant. This is a misrepresentation of how gene transfer would alter humans, both therapeutically and non therapeutically, should it ever be legalized.

The second concern is what one might call intellectual capture.

Israel, after all, has watched the political developments in Egypt not with hope, but rather with growing alarm.

The increase in unfunded liabilities to 262 million is alarming.

He had enjoyed a slight advantage in opinion polls prior to the election and his elimination was regarded as a surprise.

Pipeline failures and other accidents may cause minor interruptions to energy supplies.

Nevertheless, strategic anxiety lurks below the surface, particularly in India.

The closer he moves to the EU, the greater the alarm in the Kremlin.

After a small increase in 1998, the gonorrhea rate has decreased slightly since 1999.

In July 1973 she suffered a slight stroke and spent three weeks in a nursing home.

These problems were generally mild and occurred more frequently during the first month of treatment.

With slight modifications, the Council submitted the convention to the International Conference in the Spring of 1958.

The 1906 version was updated and replaced by the 1929 version when minor modifications were made to it.

It is not a situation that can described in black and white it is full of nuances.

The 2004 municipal elections led to a small increase in the presence of women in politics.

But there are signs that it is spreading to emerging markets.

When there is no big bubble, there is no need to worry about a big crisis.

Jobar district was slightly affected by as the gases were driven to it by the wind.

Been, after achieving minor European successes with NEC Nijmegen, was considered the ideal man for the job.

Along the Suvanto sector, the Finns had a slight advantage of elevation and dry ground to dig into.

Despite building up a minor support base in Iranian universities, the party did not last long.

Women accounted for a slightly higher percentage of the rural population than of the urban population.

The proportion of women elected to local people's councils at all levels had also increased slightly.

Low investment and a deteriorating primary education system? Not to worry.

That is something big to worry about, regardless of whether one is in government.

It is with great dismay that I report that yet another terrorist attack was perpetrated against the citizens of Israel.

When the watchers have only commercial motives, such spam feels like a minor violation.

The coming recession may stem their growth temporarily, but only slightly.

The population growth came to a sharp end in 1975 and the city has since grown very little.

The differences between the Audi and Volkswagen models were minor, with the Polo being cheaper and much more basic.

Materials that are different, but only slightly so, such as the isotopes of uranium, are very difficult to separate.