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As a result, human fatalities from disasters have been vastly reduced.

As a result, there is limited participation of interns from developing countries.

As a result of OFDI, more enterprises from developing countries are transnationalizing.

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As a result, similar governmental requests have received different answers from different units.

As a result, artificial prices could result.

As a result, they can't improve on others' ideas or learn from others' mistakes benefit from others' wisdom.

The transaction was thwarted as a result of pressure from the United States authorities.

As a result of this, two deliveries from last year's annual contract were cancelled.

As a result, there has been a progressive rise in the number of donations from live donors.

As a result, it is divorced from everything that has to do with human civilization.

I am far from satisfied with the result.

As a result, the number of pregnant women suffered from anaemia reduced from 52 in 1995 to 32 in 2000.

New Caledonia has benefited from higher global nickel prices in 2004, partly as a result of strong demand from China.

However, most of the humanitarian crises in Africa result, to a large extent, from a combination of interrelated factors.

By mid 2005, approximately 7,000 additional category A claims had been corrected as a result of requests from Governments.

As a result, Pacific Blue's planned launch of twice weekly service from Brisbane, Australia, has been suspended.

Since the establishment of UNIFIL, 246 members of the Force have lost their lives, 79 as a result of firings or bomb explosions, 105 as a result of accidents and 62 from other causes.

Increased competitiveness can result from the growing reputation of a Singaporean firm in both domestic and foreign markets.

As a result, the emphasis has shifted from preventing discrimination in legislation to considering differences in policy effects.

The Palestinian refugee problem had arisen as a result of the political developments that had transpired in the region, and its full resolution could only result from a political process carried out directly between the sides.

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The short lived hope of achieving a just settlement of the Palestinian question as a result of Israel's unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip had evaporated as a result of its continuing policy of arrest, blockade and collective punishment.

Source 1999 Population and housing Census Generalized result from 3 sample

Iran states that it suffered damage as a result of pollution from the oil well fires in Kuwait the oil spills into the Persian Gulf and the influx of refugees who departed from Iraq or Kuwait as a result of Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait.

As a result, the value of goods passing through Karni more than doubled, from 26 million to 55 million.

It was his delegation's understanding that the savings would result from a decrease in the volume of documents processed.

As a result, real GDP grew at 1.6 per cent in 2004, down from 6.1 per cent in 2003.

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Precisely as a result, it sought assurances from the Government of Egypt, at a senior level, as to the complainant's proper treatment.

As a result, what happens?

Yeah, that's a terrifying result.

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Relatively frequently, infections and poisoning are registered that result from food transfer.

As a result, the quality of oil products exported from China gradually rivalled that of Japan (the world's highest quality).

The share of profits earned by government from FDI operations was insignificant, the result of a race to the bottom .

As a result, nations are at very different points in embracing or moving away from the standardized civil service model.

As a result of that situation, the Palestinians were suffering from a brutal occupation based on the implementation of racist and discriminatory policies.

Source From the 1999 Population and housing Census generalized result from 3 sample, Ha Noi January 2000

One believes that these high birth rates among adolescents result from unwanted pregnancies, not from planned ones.

Well, as a result, the way we think, the way we act, the way we communicate is from the outside in.

The annual dose an individual receives is a result of background radiation. It ranges from 1 10 mSv, averaging 2.4 mSv.

And finally, we must recognize that too many of these humanitarian crises result from a total absence of peace and security.

Income and expenditure projections for 2005 vary significantly from historical trends as a result of tsunami related contributions and programmatic activities.