Increasingly the valuing of nature became an aspect of Western culture.

Its stock of foreign capital will increase steadily as foreign firms invest and reinvest in China.

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.

This significantly increases their potential to generate electricity.

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.

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.

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

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.

Clearly, investment in food production must be increased in the medium and longer term.

Yemen's revolution has been ongoing for more than seven months and has been amazingly peaceful and remains admirably so.

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.

The risk of a vicious, self reinforcing downward spiral would rise sharply.

The population has increased rapidly in recent years, in 1990 it was slightly over 18,000.

Your intelligence rises, your creativity rises, your energy levels rise.

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

If applied properly, the understanding of cultural dimensions should increase success in negotiations and reduce frustration and conflicts.

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.

It is increasingly understood that growth does not necessarily increase our sense of well being. So why continue to grow?

But if you get one person to do step one and one person to do step two and step three and so on, production can increase tremendously.

Moreover, rapid population growth and bungled economic policy have made Iran excessively dependent on food imports.

At the same time, the Japanese yen has depreciated sharply, including by more than 20 against the struggling euro.

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.

Mechanised agriculture is the process of using agricultural machinery to mechanise the work of agriculture, greatly increasing farm worker productivity.

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.

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

The prognosis of individuals with type 1 HRS is particularly grim, with a mortality rate exceeding 50 after one month.

Reforms have permitted sustained economic growth since 1993, except for a slump after the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

The cyclone began to strengthen steadily and turned southward, paralleling the eastern Australian coast through 31 December.