It is reprehensible that the poor are expected to absorb the cost of instabilities of production.

He therefore agreed with the Advisory Committee that UNFICYP should be encouraged to absorb the cost overruns.

It is morally reprehensible that the poor are expected to absorb the cost of instabilities of production.

Capacity to absorb an innovation

The United Nations would not absorb any of the cost of space occupied by the Investment Management Service in New York.

I was also inspired by Walt Whitman, who wanted to absorb America and have it absorb him.

Any further reduction in the ceiling would therefore create additional distortions and require developing countries to absorb the financial cost and thereby subsidize a developed country.

Inability to absorb the nutrients at normal rate leads to sooner death

It feels like it's going to absorb you into another world.

Remaining shares have been adjusted accordingly to absorb this slight revision.

Some development programmes target income generating activities to absorb the demobilized.

Trees give off oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide.

Would the institutions absorb any of these costs?

Equally important were training and the development of national capacity to absorb technology.

That gives the leaf ample opportunity to absorb every photon of light passing through.

The supply cannot absorb the labour available in the market.

The ECB s task is to provide liquidity to banks, while the EFSF and ESM are designed to absorb solvency risk. The ECB would not be facilitating additional borrowing by member countries it would merely allow them to refinance their debt at a lower cost.

By invisible, I mean it doesn't absorb in the electromagnetic spectrum.

The amount of energy you absorb is your change in enthalpy.

Aside from the focus on price and the need to absorb US farms excess output, school lunches reflect a broader trend toward turning food preparation into industrial production. Uniformity is prized above quality, and convenience is valued over freshness (and often over cost).

They'll absorb bullets and shrapnel... and by doing so make it possible for others to get through.

While some of this 7.3 million in additional cost should be met from other resources funding, the ability of UNDP to absorb part of or all of the balance in the 2004 2005 biennial support budget needs to be fully assessed during the last quarter of 2005.

Poor people tend to be more exposed to threats and are less able to absorb the shocks inherent in disasters.

12. As a result of the above mentioned factors, the Mission was able to absorb the cost of its latest expansion as reported in document A 51 519 Add.5 and Corr.1 within the overall resources provided in General Assembly resolution 51 152 B.

His delegation concurred with the Advisory Committee that every effort should be made to absorb the requested amount.

Moreover, the inbuilt capacity to absorb and convert extraregional systemic factors can determine the strength of regional stabilization.

In the case of the capture spiral, it needs to be so stretchy to absorb the impact of flying prey.

In the case of the capture spiral, it needs to be so stretchy to absorb the impact of flying prey.

In some cases, an island or group of islands may be able to absorb the likely displacement of population.

Should the resolution be adopted, it will not be possible to absorb these additional requirements of the Working Group.

Culture is a major source of protection for small island developing States to absorb the external shocks of globalization.

Yes, many African countries need skills. But they are unable to absorb them, owing to several factors associated with economic backwardness.

An international system or mechanism, such as a contingency fund, was necessary to absorb, or better yet to prevent, such shocks.

6. Her delegation also noted with concern the Secretary General apos s assumption that it would be possible to absorb the 1997 net additional cost of 2,841,300 gross related to the activities of MICIVIH within the totality of the revised budget appropriation, without any consideration of the impact on programme delivery.

Well, then I guess I'm not crazy. Shall we absorb some of the local color?

Cool roofs are highly reflective surfaces that don't absorb solar heat and pass it on to the building or atmosphere.

A good book can completely absorb your attention, to the extent that you forget your surroundings and even your existence.

They consider the CKREE subject to be so designed that it would gradually absorb their son into the Christian faith.

The Advisory Committee was informed that the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006 2007 was insufficient to absorb 31,500.

In spite of those indisputable achievements, the economy was not able to absorb the additional labour supply, estimated at 60,000.

In the first phase, the Ministry would allocate NIS 1 million to each of the settlements that would absorb immigrants.

So the ingredients I'm going to deal with delta H seems to definitely matter, whether or not we absorb energy or not.

The informal group had before it an indicative timetable for the elaboration of the convention against transnational organized crime (appendix I). The Secretariat explained the method of elaborating the timetable and indicated that every effort would be made to absorb the additional cost of the meetings indicated therein.

It stands to reason that we, existing in this world, should in the course of our lives absorb intuitively those relationships.

In addition, the Government of Somaliland was increasingly concerned about the number of returnees and their capacity to absorb the returnees.