It has many contrasts.

The contrasts in reporting, however, are greatest among development groups.

The status quo contrasts sharply with high level policy statements.

When you stand still, you just see the light and dark contrasts.

This contrasts markedly with the situation in many other theatres of conflict today.

Dickens was saying something very simple, by the use of contrasts or opposites.

Africa is undoubtedly the region most affected by the contrasts of the contemporary world.

21 A minimum standards approach contrasts with approaches that require management plans or other pre approval.

That mix of contrasts has the potential to seriously destabilize our societies and ways of living.

There are sharp contrasts between wealthy neighbourhoods and squatter settlements, exacerbating unsustainable consumption patterns and attendant environmental degradation.

52. Increased reliance of least developed countries on ODA contrasts sharply with the dwindling aid efforts of donor countries.

That contrasts sharply with, for example, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development average of 8,000 kilowatt hours per year.

330. The educational profile of women is marked by contrasts, with both university training and illiteracy existing side by side.

The figures revealed the glaring contrasts between rich and poor nations and between rural and urban populations in the poorest countries.

10. This climate of fear contrasts with the atmosphere of greater security generally felt in the town and the small villages.

This contrasts sharply with reports of lack of accurate record keeping by judicial officials during the period of pre trial detention.

We all share the sense of both risk and opportunity that arise from the contrasts and uncertainties of the current global order.

This contrasts markedly with previous years, when steady progress in the preparation of studies has resulted in a reduction in the backlog.

Behind this pattern lies a policy philosophy which contrasts the efficiency of foreign firms with the distortionary economic impact of the state.

Africa is a land of striking contrasts and great natural wonders a giant plateau between the Atlantic and Indian oceans, where humanoids evolved.

This contrasts with areas south of Galkayo (central Somalia), where the need for aid was significant because of fighting, drought and severe flooding.

But the scale of the aid remains massive, especially when one considers how little progress Greece has made in implementing the reforms it promised in the past. This contrasts sharply with Asia s experience in 1997.

This contrasts dramatically with the situation in relation to both the mimeographed documents in their original form and the printed official records (Yearbook) volumes.

Each one of us brings to this gathering his or her society's unique experiences of how those contrasts are unfolding at the grass roots level.

Iran is a land of contrasts. On a recent visit organized by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), the coexistence of entrenched tradition and rapid transformation was starkly apparent.

This contrasts somewhat with information available through the annual reports questionnaire, which indicates that the highest number of people in treatment per 1,000 population is in Latin America and the Caribbean.

This performance contrasts with that of men, for whom the economic activity rates in all age groups are decreasing, with the largest reduction in those for men aged 45 and older.

This structure contrasts with the pre 1980 business cycle, which rested on wage growth tied to productivity growth and full employment. Wage growth, rather than borrowing and financial booms, fuelled demand growth.

I shall, to the best of my ability, seek to delineate the countess's person which, however, is all too nuanced and rich in mysterious contrasts to be related in a few moments.

The expansion of many developing countries' trade and economic growth contrasts sharply with the difficulties faced by many low income countries in integrating themselves beneficially into world trade and into the global economy.

This pattern contrasts with that of the United States and many other advanced countries, which have experienced a deterioration of their current account balances as their production and exports have become more capital intensive.

8. The recent experience in Latin America contrasts sharply with the net transfer shock that Latin America underwent in the early 1980s, when the debt crisis ushered in the lost decade of Latin American development.

That positive energy contrasts starkly with the decadent beauty of Paris, a city that is on a path of museification. Of course, if you can afford to live there, Paris remains a great place to be.

This contrasts sharply with China s single party system, in which the level of government accountability is much lower. Official corruption, for example, has become so entrenched that President Xi Jinping has made an anti graft campaign a central objective.

In fact, US official development assistance amounts to just 0.15 of America s GNP, which is less than one fourth the global target. This contrasts with the 4 of GNP that the US spends on its military, roughly 500 billion this year.

37. The settlement agreement included ECU 64.7 million for the value of the works before the addition for fluctuations. This sum contrasts with the contractor apos s evaluation and first statement of final account of more than ECU 73 million.

188. As recognized by the State party, the root causes of the armed conflict need to be tackled, embedded as they are in socio economic disparities and uneven land distribution, as well as in historical social contrasts within the country.

However one looks at it, the corporate sector in advanced economies in general, and in the US in particular, is as strong as it has been in many years. Non financial firms have achieved a mix of resilience and agility that contrasts sharply with prevailing conditions for some households and governments around the world that have yet to confront adequately a legacy of over leverage.

This contrasts sharply with the motivations espoused by Scotland s nobles in the fourteenth century, when they succeeded in preserving their country s independence from English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honors that we are fighting, they declared, but for freedom alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.

Attitudes toward refugees vary widely across countries, with Germany taking a particularly enlightened approach that contrasts sharply with Hungary s notably heartless one. Some countries, such as the Czech Republic, have blocked deals to share the burden fairly among European Union members, including through mandatory quotas.

This is social solidarity that evolves along lines of kinship and religion, underpinned by a sense of belonging to the same homogenous group. Durkheim contrasts this phenomenon with the more progressive organic solidarity that evolves in modern societies according to people s professional and functional relationships.

One clear difference, though, is that Liikanen, unlike the UK proposals, allows securities underwriting in deposit banks. This contrasts with the US, even after the 1999 repeal of the Glass Steagall Act s ban on affiliation between banks and companies engaged principally in underwriting securities.

This contrasts with other regions, such as Asia and the Pacific, where programmes on crisis prevention and energy and the environment ranked highest in seeking SSC solutions, whereas private sector development and empowerment of civil society showed the lowest emphasis on this form of cooperation.

Indeed, the ECB has successfully anchored inflation expectations right from the start at a level consistent with its definition of price stability. This achievement contrasts starkly with all the critical voices that warned against the experiment of European Monetary Union and even predicted its early failure.

That attitude contrasts with the skepticism I once heard from a Russian reporter about her early days on the job. Whenever we read an article about the health dangers of butter, we would immediately run out and buy as much butter as we could find, she told me.