A verification report produced in early 2004 confirmed a sharp increase in violent land evictions, with resulting humanitarian problems.

However, there has been a sharp increase in the practice of contributing Parties to restrict the use of their contributions.

The sharp increase in film production number indicates a rising production cost on average, which has aroused alert of the industry.

Data from the 2001 demographic and health survey show that there was a sharp increase in international emigration from rural areas between 1998 and 2001.

Narcotics trafficking has brought with it increased circulation of small arms and light weapons, which has led to a sharp increase in crime and fatal injuries.

Since mid 2000 there had been a sharp increase in the number of anti Semitic incidents throughout the world, with their sequels of violence and terror.

Inflation was generally lower in 2004, partly owing to currency appreciation, which offset the sharp increase in petroleum prices to some extent.

We climbed a sharp slope.

The Marshall Plan helped to put post war Europe back on its feet, so we have reason to believe that a sharp increase in international aid will help to revitalize developing countries.

Ms. Donna Sharp, Senior Partner, Sharp Global Partners Ltd., United States

A sharp crack of thunder split the sky.

Stay sharp.

Rising oil prices are due to the sharp increase in demand by the major consumers, which have not adopted effective policies to reduce their dependency on hydrocarbons.

Sharp stones are under him he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

Sharp stones are under him he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

Kanzi chooses a flake he thinks is sharp enough.

The soldier kept a sharp lookout in the darkness.

C sharp is blue, F sharp is green, another tone might be yellow, right?

You are sharp.

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.

All of a sudden, we heard the sharp cry of a cat.

All of a sudden, I felt a sharp pain in my stomach.

The sharp increase in youth unemployment (38 million young people half of the world's jobless youth) and the implications of the tsunami disaster represent new development challenges for the region.

Curves against sharp things.

It's ten o'clock sharp.

Unfortunately, in my report for the month of September 2005 (S 2005 650), I described a sharp increase in violence that included clashes between the parties, attacks on villages and a further deterioration in security due to widespread banditry and lawlessness.

However, because the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals requires a sharp upward turn in overall ODA spending over the next few years, new ways to finance a steep increase in the short and medium terms are well worth exploring.

The additional requirements were due mainly to the unexpected sharp increase in the cost of clearing the Mission's goods at the port as a result of changing to a new customs clearing agent who charged more than the previous agent.

We need a sharp focus on conventional balance and arms control.

The needle is particularly sharp.

The knife is not sharp.

This knife is very sharp.

Be careful. It's very sharp.

By country, Argentina registered a sharp increase of over 69 per cent (from 134 million in 2003 to 226 million in 2004), while the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Uruguay and Venezuela likewise had two digit increases in their expenditures.

But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

The sharp increase in the price of crude oil was a matter of grave concern and the international community, led by the United Nations, should give serious attention to measures that mitigated the adverse impact on the economies of developing countries.

This knife is not sharp enough.

This argument is true most of the time. But when an economy faces a major adverse shock, such as a sharp increase in oil prices, then the twin goals of stabilizing inflation and maintaining economic activity conflict, and the central bank s job becomes more difficult.

During the past decade, drug abuse had been on a sharp upward trend.

This is a parasitic wasp, again, two millimeters long, slender, a very quick and sharp flier.

His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.