Recent trends in inequality were not encouraging.

This is all very encouraging.

That is not encouraging, given the fact that United Nations membership now stands at 191 States.

To sum up, it is not about encouraging development with one hand and impeding it with the other.

The response from the communities is encouraging.

Some encouraging progress is being made in this respect.

The continued increase in throughput of trials is encouraging.

This is encouraging, especially after years of declining trends.

The New Partnership for Africa's Development is particularly encouraging.

As growth in Europe, Asia and emerging markets is mostly not encouraging, the United States is increasingly becoming the main engine of global economic growth.

It is encouraging indeed to see regional ownership at work.

MONUC is encouraging the parties to address these issues jointly.

Encouraging Work

Notwithstanding these encouraging examples, there is still much to be done.

The fundamental question, then, is whether women really want to exercise power despite these provisions, the overall picture of women in decision making positions is not encouraging.

Despite those encouraging figures, it is clear that more efforts are needed.

It's very encouraging.

But there is another undeniable fact that is far less encouraging the situation in Africa.

Canada's commitment to ensuring that the country's prosperity is shared by aboriginal people is encouraging.

Even more encouraging are developments in the labor market, which, unlike those in asset markets, reflect outcomes, not expectations. Here, too, the news is good.

The Executive Director is encouraging more UNICEF staff to serve as Resident Coordinators.

Kosovo Serb participation this week in the decentralization working groups is also encouraging.

There are also encouraging signs that the critical ingredient political will is emerging.

Notwithstanding delays and immense logistical difficulties, the outcome of voter registration is encouraging.

It is encouraging that the completion strategy is at the heart of the Tribunal's overall management.

Encouraging telecommuting? What works?

Dad's always encouraging him.

All three were tried during the Great Depression of the 1930 s. The results were not encouraging.

While contacts with the Government have been encouraging, a national focal point has not yet been appointed.

But for me, unlike them, in my world, the slate was not clean, and what was written on it was not encouraging.

Some of these have already been touched upon by other speakers, which is encouraging.

It is an extraordinary perversion of the system of freedom we should be encouraging.

These are hardly encouraging signs.

The results have been encouraging.

It is true that our delegation had hoped for something more encouraging for the future.

The success of the transition in Burundi is an encouraging sign for the whole region.

An overall decrease in the number of armed conflicts since the 1990s is indeed encouraging.

The initial response had been encouraging.

Encouraging universal consumption of iodized salt.

Encouraging private capital flows and remittances

The success of the transitional process in Burundi is encouraging for the region as a whole.

Its commitment to addressing the challenges facing the goals set at the Millennium Summit is encouraging.

Developing and encouraging integrated regional strategies for stabilizing border areas is one way of doing this.

Many publishers were not quite so encouraging, one large children's publisher ironically saying that they didn't work with children children's publisher not working with children?

According to the South African NGO People Opposing Women Abuse, polygamy is enhanced through patriarchy, encouraging the dominance of the man in these polygamous relationships, thereby shifting the balance of power in favour of the man and not encouraging women to negotiate and exercise control over their sexual intimacies with their husband.