It's been a remorseless, steady increase.

There was a steady increase in population.

And we're seeing a steady increase among males.

The Government budget allocated for population activities has also registered a steady increase.

As market shares increase, steady progress in lowering costs can be expected to continue through economies of scale.

The State of Kuwait welcomes the steady increase in the number of parties to the Convention, which has now reached 149.

Nothing could be more harmful today to the effective performance of the world economy than the steady increase in the price of fuel.

Beginning in 1999, the increase in enrolment has become steady and has demonstrated a tendency to accelerate due to the ageing population of subscribers.

Despite a steady increase in the number of facilities number, these still fall short of providing the population substantial cover in many important areas.

The resource mobilization strategy of UN Habitat has resulted in a steady fourfold increase in resources over the past four years, from 16.5 to 63.5 million.

Iraq states that, contrary to Syria's assertions, statistics from both Syria and FAO show a steady increase in sheep stock in Syria in the relevant period.

During the past years, jobs created have been on a steady increase 14.2m in 2002, 1.52m in 2003, of which the ratio of women was quite high.

One of the most encouraging shifts in recent years has been the increase in official development assistance (ODA), after a decade of steady decline in the 1990s.

Relief activities were greatly hindered by a steady increase in banditry along Darfur's main roads, which has limited access of humanitarian staff and goods to some affected populations.

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The budget of the population welfare programme has registered steady increase. In 1996 97 it was Rs. 3.99 billion and had risen to Rs. 4.2 billion in 1999 00.

And what you have here is, when you actually turn on the gate, you get an increase in the amount of current, and you get a steady flow of current.

It is reported that although tens of thousands of first hand houses have been delivered in Stockholm this year, the demands for first hand housing rental are still on steady increase.

Table 2 presents estimates and projections of global domestic expenditures for population activities for 2003 2005. It shows a steady increase in domestic funding for population activities for almost all regions.

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The head of Dongshan said that in the next five years, Dongshan will stick to innovative development, increase and boost growth engines, as well as promote the steady growth of its economy.

However, as I pointed out in last month's briefing, we are concerned by reports of a slow but steady increase in violent incidents, compounding a corresponding deterioration in trust and confidence between the two sides.

If Europe cut back on its agricultural production, the increase in its own food imports would contribute significantly to a worldwide increase in food prices. This makes it imperative that EU food production levels be held steady for the sake of Europeans and of people in the world s poorest countries.

Slow, steady movement forward seems to be under way.

There was also a slight, but statistically significant, decline in the severity of assaults between these two time periods Rates of spousal violence have dropped in 2001 and 2002, following a steady increase between 1998 and 2000.

If a steady increase in the number of women is being noted in elected bodies, the trends with regard to executive bodies are ambiguous. The number of women in the higher echelons of executive authority has declined.

Since the enactment of section 203A, there has been a steady increase in the sentencing of trafficking offences and in the last 2 years, there has been a series of very serious sentences meted out to traffickers.

But after that, things were pretty steady and pretty uniform.

Their steady development is in the interest of Republika Srpska.

The Tribunal continues to make steady progress in apprehending fugitives.

You're allowing fluid or air to go through at steady states.

As we start, you see in 1960 inspiration is holding steady.

This was the result of the steady decline in national income.

By the end of 2001 onwards, it shows a steady downward trend.

Nevertheless, the Government was making steady and successful efforts to that end.

But the steady progress made to date is no grounds for complacency.

The programme to reform the Liberian judicial system continued to make steady progress.

The Special Rapporteur welcomes the steady and remarkable reduction in opium poppy cultivation.

According to the information provided by the Public Health Institute of the Federation, among the population older than 19, mental disorders and behavioural disorders caused by alcohol show a trend of steady increase from 1998 to 2002, the incidence rate being 101.3 per 100,000 people.

In the face of the steady increase in their urban populations, developing countries had to make other political choices and seek to rehabilitate slums rather than demolish them, and to resettle slum dwellers in low cost housing rather than relocate them in informal settlements elsewhere.

The world has been witnessing a steady increase in global trade at a compounded annual growth rate of 2.2 per cent since the 1990s, with foreign trade as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) steadily increasing in major trading countries and country groupings.

Despite the phasing down of National Immunization Days, vitamin A supplementation coverage remained steady.

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There had been steady progress in the utilization of the conference facilities in Nairobi.