Common staff costs were lower than in 2002 for reasons of lower staff turnover.

In many ways, the task this year will be much tougher than it was in 2000, when the Declaration was adopted.

On the contrary, in some ways, the US emerged from Iraq even more divided than it was when it entered.

The first thing is, we're very fortunate that technology is at a point where it is much more advanced than when other countries had the development.

(e) Deployment of fewer than projected vehicles resulting in lower costs for petrol, oil and lubricants

She's much better today than yesterday.

Hypernasality occurs when air escapes through the nose during the production of oral speech sounds, resulting in reduced intelligibility.

Possibly most clearly visible are impacts on prices, with studies showing that the presence of hypermarkets results in drops in prices for dried food, household goods and personal care, thus increasing the population's disposable income.

The Jewish population is a tiny fraction of what it was before World War II.

The jugal bone is small, but less reduced than in Holochilus .

As it stands, every country that has implemented an austerity program without imposing losses on private creditors has more debt now than when it started.

A disorderly disintegration resulting in mutual recriminations and unsettled claims would leave Europe worse off than it was when it embarked on the bold experiment of unification.

At independence more than 60 years ago, Pakistan had a larger trade to GDP ratio, owing in part to trade with India.

Leonardo also presented Lisa as fashionable and successful, perhaps more well off than she was.

If anything, they have become more complex and more demanding than they were 60 years ago.

In addition, there has been a decrease in environmental levels, also resulting in a decrease breast milk levels.

The fact that, during the transition, mortality reductions usually precede fertility reductions leads to a period of rapid population growth.

These losses, they feel, emotionally, they feel very different from what we actually thought about it when markets were going up.

Projected income is at a higher level than in the previous biennium, since investment returns are predicted to be more favourable than in 2004 2005.

Cost of living The cost of goods in Alaska has long been higher than in the contiguous 48 states.

Conditions at Pollsmoor were better than at Robben Island, although Mandela missed the camaraderie and scenery of the island.

Inflation was modest throughout and, owing to higher than usual fiscal surpluses, public debt levels in the Gulf States were in some instances slightly reduced.

Interdependence has become much more complex than it was even a decade ago.

People generally are a lot better off than they were just a few years ago.

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

America should aim to return to the tax rates of the mid 1990 s, when the economy was booming and the federal budget was in much better shape.

Geologically, the Hadean Earth would have been far more active than at any other time in its history.

In fact, the prospects for engaging in negotiations are better now than they were a few months ago.

Banking technology and personnel qualifications alike are stronger in Kazakhstan than in Russia.

There is no doubt that, in recent years, the Council's procedures have evolved to become more open than they were.

But most Americans today are worse off with lower real (inflation adjusted) incomes than they were in 1997, a decade and a half ago.

The reverse process, cytolysis, can occur if the cell is in a hypotonic solution resulting in a lower external osmotic pressure and a net flow of water into the cell.

And, while the prosecution rate constituted a minimal improvement on previous years, when less than 15 of cases ended up in court, the conviction rate for reported rapes is markedly lower today than it was in 1965.

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

As a result, the system as a whole is not yet much safer than it was in September 2008, when Lehman Brothers collapsed.

The process of globalization means that our common world is more integrated today than it was when the United Nations was formed 60 years ago.

If the euro breaks up in disarray, the common market and the EU will be destroyed, leaving Europe worse off than it was when the effort to unite it began, owing to a legacy of mutual mistrust and hostility.

Consumer goods therefore seemed to be getting cheaper.

America s fiscal policy was then thoroughly deranged much more so than it is now.

But today Russia is more isolated, less trusted, and less respected than it was a month ago.

Family saloons have become bigger than they were in the past, so the larger size has become a preferred option.

Furthermore, the value of the dollar in 2005 is far lower than it was in 1993.

Now, 15 months into the expansion, the level of real GDP is still lower than it was when the recession started.

The port's use and traffic declined significantly, causing a decline in the city's economy.

Indeed, they could make the UN stronger than it has ever been.