The effective delivery of assistance has lagged behind expectations.

The build up of the Afghan army and police has lagged. The poppy crop has grown.

In Spain, for example, wages have risen too fast, and productivity has lagged.

Production of cereals has lagged well behind requirements for the past several years.

In contrast to human space flight, which has lagged behind expectations, the robotic space effort has exceeded them.

The more the policy response has lagged, the broader the set of questions about Europe s future has become.

And, more deplorably, educational standards lagged.

The United Nations capacity to implement and support such operations has lagged far behind this demand.

In addition, prudential regulations have lagged behind.

From the 1980 s through the mid 2000 s, employment has increasingly lagged GDP in economic recoveries.

Spending by China s consumers has lagged behind the Chinese economy s overall rate of growth for many years.

But there is one sector of our lives where adoption of information technology has lagged conspicuously health care.

Except for an old woman who lagged behind .

Except for an old woman who lagged behind .

84. The number of people requiring emergency relief has increased dramatically the resources to meet those needs have lagged.

The result is that the vision of the official Euro Mediterranean Policy (EMP) has lagged far behind its original goals.

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Except an old woman who was among those who lagged behind

Progress in agriculture and the privatization of public enterprises lagged behind.

The report notes, however, that public attitudes have lagged behind policy.

(iii) Pay adjustments for the civil service have lagged behind inflation

In the tunnel she lagged far behind, with a shocking limp.

While Chinese are more free today than at any time in their history, China s political evolution has lagged behind its economic progress.

Because of this, the country has suffered immensely and lagged behind in economic development in comparison with other nations of the region.

For many years, India lagged behind many countries in the development of highways.

So Amanda came jet lagged, she's using the arm, and everything goes wrong.

But legislative and executive branch integration has lagged, and, while Europe has created a president and a central figure for foreign relations, foreign and defense policy remains only partly integrated.

Despite all the oil and gas below the desert sand, growth lagged and unemployment soared.

Many northern states, such as Bihar, have lagged in providing kitchens, storage facilities, and utensils.

Though privatization plans lagged, the Greeks won high marks for doubling down on fiscal austerity.

Though advanced country central banks have pursued expansionary monetary policy in the wake of the global economic crisis in an effort to boost demand, job creation has lagged.

While LDCs are doing their best to achieve the goals and objectives of the Programme of Action, the international community has lagged behind in terms of implementing their commitments.

In 2010, inflation in some of the crisis countries lagged slightly behind that of their eurozone competitors.

China s urbanization has lagged behind its industrialization, which now is around 70 when measured by the percentage of the labor force whose income is derived mainly from non farm activities.

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But We saved him and his family , except for his wife she was of those who lagged behind .

While some of the eight had adhered to the schedule for submission of reports, others had lagged behind.

Technical cooperation projects and programmes have been formulated for seven transition economies (Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and the Russian Federation), but implementation has lagged because funds have been lacking.

44. Since the mid 1960s, the development of agriculture has lagged behind the rapidly growing sectors of tourism, international finance and construction consequently, there is a substantial dependence on food imports.

These lacked the government funding given to the University of Tokyo, so the quality of education there lagged behind.

None the less, the effective delivery of assistance and inflows of foreign direct investment have lagged well behind expectations.

Most developing countries, however, have lagged behind considerably, particularly with respect to technological developments, competitive skills and industrial capability.

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But We saved him and his family , except his wife her We destined to be of those who lagged behind .

Regionally, Sri Lanka compared well with the South Asian countries but it lagged behind the dynamic South East Asian economies.