I appreciate that, as we are lagging behind.

As a result, we are lagging behind on many of our targets.

The LDCs are lagging behind in respect of many of the MDG targets.

The representative of Egypt, speaking on behalf of the African Group said that despite the great achievements of humanity, Africa was still lagging far behind in economic and social development.

We will not be able to finish this meeting on time we are lagging far behind.

Meanwhile, as we have heard during this open debate, financial contributions are still lagging.

Although transportation practices and patterns have changed accordingly, the international legal framework governing multimodal transportation is lagging behind.

In the final, Zhang Binbin also started from lagging behind and shot more stably and won the silver medal with just 0.2 rings behind the champion.

These three superficial factors reflect the reason behind the relative lagging behind of our growth pattern change. That is, the government led growth has not yet been fundamentally changed.

Those countries are lagging far behind the international development mainstream because of the specific structural and geographical challenges that constrain their capacity for development.

This Major Programme responds to this challenge and will emphasize UNIDO support to those countries lagging behind in achieving the poverty goal of the Millennium Declaration.

As usual, however, perceptions are lagging behind reality, which means that Germany is still widely viewed as the eurozone s most powerful force. But, as the global business cycle accelerates Germany s return to the old normal, the power shift within Europe will become increasingly difficult to ignore.

Luciano might have the crowd behind him, but he's still wet behind the ears.

Although it is pleasing to note that many international agencies are making deliberate steps to improve the metadata to support MDG indicators, some are lagging well behind.

However, gender equality in primary education has been attained in the ECLAC region, but still is lagging in Africa and Asia, including West Asia.

The level of cooperation with the Tribunal extended by Croatian authorities throughout the reporting period, culminating in their decisive contribution to locating General Gotovina, sets the bar high for all the countries in the region that are still lagging behind to varying degrees in fully complying with their Tribunal obligations.

Financial, technical and technological transfers still lag far behind.

Among the G 7 economies, only Italy has done worse than the UK since the Great Recession began. Indeed, the UK s GDP has only just regained its 2008 level, lagging behind even France.

What, one wonders, are lagging nations waiting for?

The United Nations Secretariat had made great efforts to address the security aspects that could be dealt with from within the Organization, but, as far as legal protection was concerned, Member States were lagging behind.

Although their political representation is gradually increasing, they still lag far behind men.

In terms of politics, Africa is relatively lagging behind, but there are many African countries. So Japan has always regarded it as the so called 'big ticket field,' said Yang Bojiang, an expert for Japanese issues.

not lagging in diligence fervent in spirit serving the Lord

not lagging in diligence fervent in spirit serving the Lord

Women and girls from ethnic minorities still lag behind in terms of empowerment and integration.

During its current term, the group considered the barriers that African Portuguese speaking LDCs face in preparing their NAPAs and developed an action plan to support Portuguese speaking countries that are lagging behind in the preparation of their NAPAs.

Indigenous and tribal peoples are lagging behind other parts of the population in the achievement of the goals in most, if not all, the countries in which they live, and indigenous and tribal women commonly face additional gender based disadvantages and discrimination.

That a plant could provide so much benefit and still remain behind these locked doors is worth speaking up about.

Some EU countries, such as Denmark, do better, but still lag far behind the US, which spends more than 25,000.

Some EU countries, such as Denmark, do better, but still lag far behind the US, which spends more than 25,000.

Finally, and most important, the magnitude and duration of the drop in aggregate demand has been greater than expected, partly because employment and median incomes have been lagging behind growth. This phenomenon preceded the crisis, and high levels of household debt have exacerbated its impact in the aftermath.

Folks like Ann Cotton, who started a group called CAMFED in Africa, because she felt girls' education was lagging.

From the mid 1970's on, however, Americans continued working more or less the same number of hours, while Western Europeans began working less and less each year. If Western Europe needs an explanation as to why its rate of economic growth is lagging behind the US, it need look no further.

Delegations requested that the secretariat improve future reports through deeper analysis of the information presented, particularly through greater use of indicators and country data comparisons of progress with previous years or other measures such as the Millennium Development Goals indications of which countries are lagging behind and presentation of proposals on how to address challenges.

The level of response is low and lagging in the main areas of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation and reducing negative consequences.

In the first, the region risks a cycle of weak growth, retreat from market oriented policies, and increasing disillusionment. As a result, convergence with Western Europe could slow, with many countries lagging far behind a far different outcome from that envisioned during the boom of the mid 2000s, when convergence within a generation seemed almost like a birthright.

Despite its determination to become self sufficient by adopting plans for restructuring and upgrading, despite its progress on settling conflicts that have long stood in the way of development in numerous countries, and despite its high priority on the world agenda, Africa is lagging far behind in the timetable for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

South Asia s worst problems poverty, conflict, hunger, and gender inequalities are largely concentrated in its lagging regions, where there are limits to growth, because geography, institutions, and globalization will continue to favor the concentration of economic activity in the leading regions. With migration to leading regions low, poverty remains concentrated in the lagging regions.

When events shift, it becomes obsolete. As Charles Morris wrote Intellectuals are reliable lagging indicators, near infallible guides to what used to be true.

When events shift, it becomes obsolete. As Charles Morris wrote Intellectuals are reliable lagging indicators, near infallible guides to what used to be true.

The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Those who were left behind rejoiced at sitting still behind the messenger of Allah, and were averse to striving with their wealth and their lives in Allah's way. And they said Go not forth in the heat! Say The fire of hell is more intense of heat, if they but understood.

Those who were left behind rejoiced at sitting still behind the messenger of Allah, and were averse to striving with their wealth and their lives in Allah's way. And they said Go not forth in the heat! Say The fire of hell is more intense of heat, if they but understood.

Now when we look at being able to slash our product use, slash our transportation use, slash our building energy use, all of that is great, but it still leaves something behind.