For these countries, total health expenditure as a percentage of GDP has remained relatively flat, with modest changes of one or two per cent during the period 1998 to 2002.

The donor base for these contributions has remained relatively narrow.

While, at the same time, the actual number of transplants has remained almost entirely flat.

The Territory has a relatively flat topography, a total area of 96 square kilometres and includes several offshore islets.

The ISAF Kabul area of operation remained relatively calm during the reporting period.

Despite the death of Mr. Garang, the situation in Darfur remained relatively calm.

The total social assistance caseload overall has remained relatively unchanged from 1999 to 2003.

The service carries a staff complement of fourteen, which has remained relatively static for the last four years.

What we found is that these rooms remained relatively stagnant until Saturday, when we opened the vents up again.

The situation in Abidjan remained relatively calm and there was an overall decline in the activities of the Young patriots .

The SBI observed that total GHG emissions from Annex I Parties as a whole remained relatively stable between 2000 and 2002.

Despite the remarkable size of China s investment projects, the country s leaders have so far remained relatively conservative in terms of institutional innovation.

For the period 1995 2002, service imports in developing countries remained mostly flat, with 3 per cent annual growth, followed by 8 per cent growth from 2002 to 2003.

As the demand for donor organs continues to rise, in large part due to the aging population, the supply has remained relatively constant.

In the face of relatively stagnant markets, volatile prices and declining terms of trade, investment dropped further, diversification stalled and productivity remained stagnant.

Conversely, tribal power brokers, criminal leaders and drug lords have always remained just below the surface of the relatively peaceful regional security environment.

The population rate of diagnoses of syphilis has remained relatively stable in the period 2000 2004, at less than 10 per 100,000 population.

Flat List

During the 60's and 50's, the birth rates remained relatively stable and at high levels, about 49 births per thousand in 1990.

It literally flat lined.

Owing to better planning and close monitoring, the percentage of unliquidated obligations in relation to total programmed activities has remained relatively stable, despite a considerable increase in activities.

Completely flat is not recommended.

It's not really, really flat.

Who Needs a Flat Tax?

Shit! I've got a flat.

The beer has gone flat.

This is the flat floor configuration.

It's very flat, kind of rigid.

The Fragility of a Flat World

My bicycle has a flat tire.

Her girlfriend is completely flat chested.

A Flat World and a Round Ball

Taking them off the dead, flat pages.

It is rough and it is flat.

It's usually played flat on your lap.

And it's very flat. It's very swampy.

They believed that the earth was flat.

Previously people believed the earth was flat.

Lower house prices throughout Europe are thus likely to be accompanied by weaker consumption demand, as in the US. In Germany, for example, house prices have remained relatively low and consumption weak.

De Gregorio covers all of these issues very well and also discusses the importance of luck. Chinese growth remained relatively strong in 2009 and after, which kept the price of commodities high.

Lower house prices throughout Europe are thus likely to be accompanied by weaker consumption demand, as in the US. In Germany, for example, house prices have remained relatively low and consumption weak.

It's actually in the key of B flat.

The flat sharp edges are like knife blades.

A tool to acquire images using flat scanner

Here it is in a flat floor configuration.