Historically, urban issues had been marginalized in the development agenda.

However, due to the undemocratic environment, their number has always been underestimated and has long been a point of controversy.

Global Voices has long been reporting about uses of digital media and technology to improve governance and fight against corruption.

Oceania In Australia and New Zealand, the popular Ford Falcon has long been considered the average family car and is considerably larger than the Mondeo, Ford's largest car sold in Europe.

Things were better long ago.

The Carraresi period was a long period of restlessness, for the Carraresi were constantly at war.

It was long believed that the hymenopterans, with their highly developed social systems, constituted the most advanced insects, despite their rather primitive anatomy compared to flies and beetles for example.

By the usual standards of financial crises, three years is a long time.

Chicago has long been a home for many European immigrants.

NEW YORK Long ago, I worked as an analyst on Wall Street.

It's been too long since Egyptian bloggers came together under the same opinion.

He had gone to the forest long before to meditate.

For losses which occurred over an extended period, the Panel has used the rate which represents the mean of the monthly rates during the period of the losses.

But Beethoven composed music long after he lost his hearing.

The bad news is that ten years is a long time.

Banks in Kazakhstan have experienced a lengthy period of political stability and economic growth.

Horses can become anxious or stressed if there are long periods of time between meals.

It was constructed over a longer period of time, and contains different layers of writing.

In fact, the phrase Anglo Saxon is not often heard any more in the US, where the majority of the population has not been of Anglo Saxon origin for a long time (which is also true of Britain s largest cities).

For children in institutions, five years is a long time to wait.

Otherwise, we can expect a long period of stagnation, punctuated by periodic financial crises.

Members have all worked long and hard, particularly over recent weeks.

It was difficult, however, to follow the ramifications of certain acts over a long period.

lCERs may not be carried over to a subsequent commitment period.

That figure indicates an improvement since the second reporting period, when 70 per cent had established FIUs, and since the first, when only 49 per cent had.

Since this plan period began, many countries have improved their policy environment for young children.

Some time ago, the Step by Step program had been introduced for the Roma children in FBiH.

Their representative body, the Judges Club, has long pushed for a new law to restore judicial independence.

Everyone I met, I felt I knew them for as long as I could remember.

We have long understood that it is not income that matters, but consumption.

That was why, long ago, I invested in a European job board.

Rather, the payoff should be based on the average stock price over a significant period of time.

NEW YORK Long ago, I used to run a conference called PC Forum.

Europe s maritime security strategy has long been founded on two key tenets.

The process of conversion of Iranians to Islam which followed was prolonged and gradual.

It is an Islamic legal system that had been used long before the colonial administration.

Often the event is only recorded a long time after it allegedly took place.

It is increasingly difficult to justify a prolonged period of inactivity in the Conference on Disarmament.

The extensive economic and legal reforms have been realized in Bosnia and Herzegovina for a longer period of time.

During much of the previous century, governments provided the vast majority of infrastructure.

Mind you, they'd had their fourth anniversary, because it's a long time when you're 16.

What needs to be done has long been clear.

Almost all developed economies have left recession far behind, and the danger of deflation has disappeared.

Ironically, Bob Hoffman, the owner of York Barbell, had been a long time adversary of the sport.

For too long, the Afghan people have patiently waited for a peace dividend .