Other members noted the lack of agreement on whether to shorten or lengthen the base period.

Thirdly, my delegation disagrees with the proposal to shorten the seven and a half year base period.

Any other declarations, public statements or letters of intention are in no way valid to shorten this period.

Not to shorten it.

Some delegations pointed out that a June date would considerably shorten the evaluation period on which the Secretariat was to report.

Sir, shall I shorten sail?

This would, therefore, shorten the Programme Committee.

Shorten sail until the other ships come abreast.

Didn't you shorten her suffering in this world?

In fact, ways could be explored to shorten the report.

I'll have to shorten the sleeves, I'll need a sash,

That way you won't have to even shorten the sleeves.

Maintain the weights with justice , and do not shorten the balance !

Maintain the weights with justice , and do not shorten the balance !

86. The recommendation to shorten the period of administrative detention, the maximum for which is currently 72 hours, has not yet been considered under the constitutional and legislative reforms.

All other respiratory symptoms, I'm gonna shorten it as RESP.

When you do, shorten the yoke. It will help them in the turns.

Copy editors may shorten the text, to improve it or to fit length limits.

We urge again that all Members endeavour to shorten the draft resolutions in future.

But governments should play it safe by starting to take more steps now to cushion, soften, and shorten the period of high unemployment and slow or negative growth that now looks very likely.

A cancer epidemic caused by chemicals in the environment was going to shorten our lives.

I ask all speakers to exercise maximum restraint and to shorten their speeches.

I said we can shorten the column, we can spread it out to cover the couch.

Similarly, the proposal to simplify and shorten the billing procedures would enable the early payment of assessments.

This option could vastly shorten the list of products that will need to be banned outright.

Shorten the work day and raise the standard of living higher than what most people realize possible.

I'll give it to you straightforwardly. I won't shorten it or drag it out.

In my December 2008 column, I argued that the only practical way to shorten the coming period of painful deleveraging and slow growth would be a sustained burst of moderate inflation, say, 4 6 for several years.

UNDP agrees that it is necessary to shorten the time span to review and decide on cases.

These collections are usually more commercial than the main season collections and help shorten the customer's wait for new season clothes.

It might be possible to shorten the text somewhat, but he could not agree to a merger of the two paragraphs.

Privatization can shorten the regulatory reach of Governments, and thereby allow drug traffickers to operate in the face of fewer constraints.

Other conventions can also be used, such as a truncated grid reference, which would shorten the example coordinates to codice_2.

The proposal would shorten the title by deleting the words quot in consideration of its special role in international humanitarian relations quot .

27. Mr. WOOD (United Kingdom) thanked those delegations which had accepted his suggestion to shorten the title of the proposed agenda item.

Many States spoke of the need to shorten the amount of time between the submission of reports and their consideration by the committees.

Let's increase our ability to listen with compassion to understand each other so we can shorten the gap between our nations.

The endless and repetitive yearly general debate and agenda must be reviewed in order to shorten it and make it more focused.

The best way to shorten the downturn is to restructure the economy in such ways that it recovers to a higher new normal level.

The quality of education has deteriorated because schools have been obliged to shorten teaching hours as a result of wall gate opening times.

And since Alice transmits this information as binary digits, we can shorten this term , and call our unit the 'bit' instead of 'binary digit.'

For the time being, the Committee planned to shorten the session of the Commission by one day and would meet on 19 October to discuss the matter.

It wished to cooperate with the Commission on the preparation of baseline declarations and on formats for reporting so that this could shorten the period required by the Commission to implement monitoring in a satisfactory manner for it to report to the Security Council under paragraph 22 of Security Council resolution 687 (1991).

There is, however, one way to shorten the time required to cap a well to a matter of days drill two holes in parallel from the start.

There is, however, one way to shorten the time required to cap a well to a matter of days drill two holes in parallel from the start.