And the people who said, Yeah, yeah. I'm pretty good about that, they were characterized as high efficacy, and the people who said, Eh, I never get around to brushing and flossing as much as I should, they were characterized as low efficacy.

In most regions, jobs created over the past decade were characterized by low productivity and lack of social protection.

Its statistics on women's health were characterized by very high population growth and fertility rates and low life expectancy.

That resulted in the boycott of the parliamentary elections by the RDR. Furthermore, they were characterized by low voter participation.

(a) The economic conditions preceding the restructurings were generally characterized by a prolonged period of economic recession, accompanied by high budget deficits

And that meant they were market based, or they were government owned, depending on what kind of system they were in. And this characterized and anchored the way information and knowledge were produced for the next 150 years.

But what else is life characterized by?

Previous recessions were often characterized by excess inventory accumulation and overinvestment in business equipment. The economy could bounce back as those excesses were absorbed over time, making room for new investment.

The whole event was characterized by vibrant exchanges.

The whole event was characterized by vibrant discussions.

I don't see it the way you characterized it.

Most of the related offences are characterized as felonies.

Optimism is sometimes characterized as a belief, an intellectual posture.

The trade capacity building and market access activities related to service module 3 undertaken in the context of ongoing integrated programmes and single module projects were characterized by

In addition, major changes were needed in the working methods of the Security Council sanctions committees, which were currently characterized by the same deficiencies as the procedures of the Council itself, such as a lack of transparency.

Dr. Hemingstam, a psychiatrist, stated that his symptoms were characterized by difficulties in concentrating lack of appetite feelings of agony restlessness nightmares and hallucinations with impulses to commit suicide.

He said that supersonic aircrafts are characterized by loud noise effects.

It was characterized by a nation versus nation, very fragile standoff.

The expanded approach has been characterized by action in four areas.

The real issue, she noted, was how a conflict was characterized.

Yet others characterized relations among members of the Council as complex.

Judge Kirsch today accurately characterized Mexico's accession as a historic milestone.

The existing consensus has been characterized as a relic of the past.

Clearly, periods of global growth are almost always characterized by symbiotic imbalances. But, while each of these episodes was characterized by macroeconomic distortions caused by the imbalances, they lasted for years, or even decades.

Another sector characterized by large migratory flows of indigenous groups is hazardous agriculture.

Yemeni society has been characterized by moral and religious tolerance since ancient times.

The past year was characterized by an intensification of the extraterritorial effects of the embargo, whereby the regulations, penalties and threats against citizens and foreign companies were made stricter and more fierce.

Conflicts, confusion, and failure to achieve decentralization objectives have characterized many decentralization efforts.6

And even if you look in ancient African empires, they were all organized around one particular principle the confederacy principle, which is characterized by a great deal of devolution of authority, decentralization of power.

Radar images are often characterized by speckle, which appears as a salt and pepper pattern.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is characterized by intensive pluralization of family forms and family life styles.

The population of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2002, therefore, may be characterized as biologically regressive.

Mr. Shrestha (Nepal) We are living in a world characterized by great possibilities and uncertainties.

The population is characterized by rapid growth and a very high proportion of young people.

Detentions, hostage taking, murder and looting of relief supplies have increasingly characterized the security conditions there.

Characterized by a feeling of energized focus, full involvement and success in the process of the activity.

And Lost City was characterized by these incredible limestone formations and upside down pools. Look at that.

But before we can make life, let's think for a second what life really is characterized by.

One such difference is today's global economic landscape, characterized by pockets of affluence and mass, abject poverty.

During a period characterized by heightened political uncertainty in the country, southern Lebanon enjoyed a relative calm.

The international situation in the field of peace and security remains characterized by instability, challenge and ambivalence.

Its political climate has been characterized since 1990 by upheavals which have considerably hindered nation building efforts.

Syria's position has always been characterized by firmness, credibility and a commitment to peace and its framework.

The implication is that the post crisis global economy will not be characterized by balance, but by a return to large macroeconomic imbalances. But, although many economists will consider this problematic, history shows that symbiotic imbalances have characterized virtually all periods of global economic expansion.

Mongolia is characterized by an unusual reverse gender gap (more girls than boys) in both enrolment and completion.