Half of it, or lessen it a little,

Half of it, or lessen it a little,

And knowing you don't eat won't lessen his appetite.

Mr. Pise (India) recognized that humanitarian assistance was important, but wondered whether the development of institutions was not equally important, as enhanced institutional capacity could lessen the need for aid.

The Government and Parliament must finally decide to substantially lessen the tax burden.

Allah wills to lessen your burden and man was created weak.

Allah wills to lessen your burden and man was created weak.

The existence of an impartial verifier helped to lessen controversy when accusations of breaches arose.

In addition to aid increases, developed countries need to also eliminate harmful trade barriers and lessen production subsidies, especially in agriculture, so as to open markets to developing and impoverished populations worldwide.

Effective steps by the Palestinian Authority to lessen Israel's security concerns would facilitate such an effort.

Each time that tensions had begun to lessen, however, the two parties would again spiral into violence.

The increasing use of contraceptives will also lessen the numbers of women who become pregnant against their wishes.

The increasing use of contraceptives will also lessen the numbers of women who become pregnant against their wishes.

These facilities are planned to use fossil fuels that have been processed to lessen environmental impact.

We are embarking upon new and important cooperation to further lessen the risks of false warnings of missile attacks.

The aim of the experiment was to lessen the harm that the addicts inflicted on themselves and to change their lifestyles.

Rapid response in the early stages of a crisis can make a remarkable difference and can lessen the overall funding burden.

When you are cheerful, books can increase your happiness when you are sad, books can lessen your sorrow.

The increasing realization of our common humanity will lessen the divisive tendencies of racial, religious, political, gender, cultural and other social categorizations.

With more key currencies in place, the perspective of a truly multipolar currency system comes in sight, with an increased role for the SDR. This will lessen the need felt by emerging economies for self insurance against financial instability, by building up large reserves.

And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, Call to your Lord to lessen our suffering for one day.

And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, Call to your Lord to lessen our suffering for one day.

And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Gehenna (Hell) 'Call your Lord to lessen our punishment for one day'

And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Gehenna (Hell) 'Call your Lord to lessen our punishment for one day'

The Special Rapporteur continues to advocate the immediate introduction of uniform vehicle license plates throughout the country, to lessen the likelihood of interference with free movement.

The preponderant focus on the WMD threat should not lessen our attention to matters relating to regulation and reduction of conventional arms and armed forces.

The additional demands placed on peacekeeping did not lessen expectations for peacekeeping resources to be robustly justified and for missions to be well managed.

The territorial Government has also determined to try to lessen dependence for revenue on the financial sector by more efficiently collecting revenue elsewhere in the economy.

Acting now means less spending in the long run. Investments in effective prevention, treatment and research in 2005 and 2006 will save millions of lives, lessen the socio economic impact of the diseases in poorer countries, and remove the need for increased spending on these chronic crises in the future.

Cooperation was necessary to lessen the impact of massive influxes of refugees through burden sharing and to provide UNHCR with the necessary financial and political support.

The situation of de facto impunity arising from this situation of exile can only undermine respect for international law and thereby lessen its deterrent effect.

To cultivate a culture of peace, then, is not only to do away with conflict, anger and hatred, but also to stress the need to lessen if not eliminate our greed and to instil a sense of responsibility in all of us to respect and protect Mother Nature.

Hence, the need to deepen the reforms as well as to take preventive actions internationally and nationally to lessen the pro cyclical nature of private flows, improve debt management, address the problem of price fluctuations of main commodity imports and exports, and guarantee adequate levels of social protection especially for the most vulnerable.

This move is part of the Government's plans to bring in more tourists by providing cheaper airfares and lessen the national carrier's dependence on public funds.29

I remain convinced that this act of transparency will help to lessen mistrust and to reduce the tensions which may give rise to conflict between States.

The Committee would wish to avoid adopting a line of jurisprudence which weakens the influence of factors that may very well lessen the number of prisoners actually executed.

All of these threats can cause death or lessen life chances on a large scale. All of them can undermine States as the basic unit of the international system.

In keeping with the thrust to change the emphasis from an input orientation to a results orientation, it would be appropriate to lessen the detailed input information presented in the document.

(h) Recognize and provide support to caregivers to ensure they have the information and resources to improve community based care and to lessen the burden of care on women and girls

They suggested that it could also lessen the problem of sharp scale to scale changes, since new data would be introduced gradually each year rather than only once every three years.

161. Although the Zairian Government insists that humanitarian missions are useless since they only lessen refugees apos incentives to return, it maintains that large numbers of refugees remain in its territory.

A globalization preparedness indicator would be a valuable tool that would help States to lessen globalization's negative impact and improve their chances of benefiting from globalization and interdependence.

The Commission therefore concluded that the proposed merger is likely to substantially prevent or lessen competition and would have a negative impact on public interests, and therefore recommended that the Tribunal prohibit the merger.

Further simplification and harmonization of the rules and procedures should lessen the diversity of requirements, and reduce the administrative and financial burden on the programme countries and the agencies themselves, without infringing on their independence.

In 2003, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office established an economic diversification programme budget to assist the Overseas Territories to diversify and enhance their economic base and thereby lessen their dependence on one or two sectors.