The relatively low number of reported infections may be the result of a number of factors.

The average number of State reports examined each year by the treaty bodies is relatively low.

A number of factors may be responsible for the relatively low female labour force participation rate.

The slow process and relatively low number of returns caused considerable frustration for the southern receiving communities and the Dinka Chiefs, however.

Due to the relatively low number of cohabitation and traditional nature of the society, there is a limited number of out of wedlock childbearing, being approximately 3 of Jewish births.

Relatively sparse number of producers.

Let me talk about a relatively small number.

There is some evidence of relatively low participation in routine breast cancer screening among women of Turkish and Moroccan origin and of relatively low participation in routine cervical cancer screening among women of Moroccan and Antillean origin.

Production or labour costs constitute only a relatively low proportion of their total operational costs.

The Committee finds that this is a relatively low number, but hopes that this may be due to the fact that many of the Member State reports were submitted to the Committee almost two years ago.

Although women constitute 64 of the Civil Service, their representation in high ranking posts remains relatively low.

The diffusion of ICTs enables tourism businesses to make tourism products and services directly available to a large number of consumers at a relatively low cost, and to interact with them, as well as with other tourism producers and distributors.

The diffusion of ICTs enables tourism businesses themselves to make tourism products and services directly available to a large number of consumers at relatively low cost, and to interact with them as well as with other tourism producers and distributors.

A relatively small number of fighters is threatening a huge area and millions of people.

They don't want to spend such a large part of their life doing this hard work with so relatively low productivity.

The initial installation cost of a nuclear power plant may be high its operating costs, however, are relatively low and stable.

Rainwater harvesting is also widely employed as a relatively low cost option, both for household use and for small scale irrigation.

At one extreme, low data rate sensors with only local or regional coverage on missions with low tracking and command requirements impose relatively low demands on the ground segment, possibly comprising only 10 per cent or less of total programme costs.

The number of returns of displaced persons is still disappointingly low.

Some experts concluded that cost advantages are of relatively low importance as a driver for developing country TNCs' R D investments abroad.

Pressure on fuelwood resources can be reduced by promoting a shift from relatively low efficiency traditional fuelwood burning stoves to other technologies.

New capacity is mainly planned in developing countries and countries in transition with relatively low production costs and rapidly growing domestic demand.

It also takes into consideration that despite difficulties the overall number of reindeers still remains relatively high.

Thirdly, when Norden was making his calculations, he assumed that a plane would be flying at a relatively slow speed at low altitudes.

It was widely recognized that its key assets were a trainable labour force, relatively low wages, tax incentives, generally good quality governance (a low level of corruption) and the existence of a dynamic domestic private sector.

Also, the current, relatively low poverty rate among the population is a result of spending, which significantly exceeds current production levels. This spending has

Indoor residual spraying of insecticides has been found to be most effective in areas of relatively low or very seasonal malaria transmission (unstable malaria).

The recent availability of relatively low cost launch opportunities has made it conceivable for educational institutions to develop, manufacture, test and operate a small satellite.

He also described his company's policies towards backward (supply of raw materials) and forward (sales services) linkages, highlighting the possibilities of relatively low technology approaches.

Even in a situation with relatively slow demand growth and weak prices, new capacity may still be added successfully if production costs are low enough.

Even if they are relatively few in number compared with other detainees, many children in detention are held with adults.

Discrimination against HIV AIDS patients has not yet become an issue on account of the relatively small number of cases.

At this stage, the rather low number of parties is the Agreement's main weakness.

The Group noted the relatively low implementation rate for the recommendations made by the Board for the period ending 31 December 2001 and the recurrence of a number of recommendations made in previous audits and called for responsibilities to be established and achievable time frames for implementing recommendations determined.

Two factors seem significant first, relatively porous economic, political and educational arenas that allow immigrants entry to these key areas of American life. Despite the discrimination and poverty that immigrants often suffer initially, barriers to economic and political participation are relatively low.

The apparent stabilization of the number of conflict affected persons reflects the concentration of serious security incidents in relatively small areas.

As mentioned in the report, unhealthy centralization may lead to the channelling of purchasing through a relatively small number of suppliers.

With its high value, relatively low bulk and ease of transport, easily disguised identity and origin and the potential to exploit the market demand unmet by restricted supplies, the caviar trade offers organized criminal groups a low risk, high profit activity.

And then there are certain conceptual things that can also benefit from hand calculating, but I think they're relatively small in number.

There have been a relatively large number of cartel cases and investigations in the petroleum sector, in particular that of petrol (gasoline).

With the death rate of newborn children of 16.4 per thousand in 1991, Bosnia and Herzegovina was among the countries with a relatively low mortality of newborn children.

The yields per acre of soybeans are lower than that of corns, but less fertilizer is needed, which makes the cost of soybean cultivation relatively low as a whole.

Some experts pointed out that China's nuclear power leads the world in technical level, safety performance, operating experience and all other aspects, as well as has relatively low costs.

In fire fighting, the potential for reductions is also small due to relatively low emissions, significant shifts to not in kind technologies and lengthy procedures for introducing new equipment.

In some countries, payment for environmental services, for example to owners of upstream forests or downstream wetlands, has led to improved management of water resources at relatively low cost.