| More alarmingly, a broader historical sweep suggests that commodities are in a longer-term upward trend. |
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| Your longer-term strategy should be to build a portfolio that is well diversified and that reduces your weighting in the technological sector. |
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| When we were dragooned by the southern hemisphere into the professional era, nobody thought too much about the longer-term consequences. |
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| It would have, in essence, offered a short-term palliative to a longer-term problem. |
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| The forecasters are split between light rain and dryish gloom for tomorrow afternoon but come together again on the longer-term prospects. |
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| However, to promote longer-term growth, it makes sense for China to gradually increase its integration with global financial markets. |
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| Wheat price is clearly an endogenous player in the system, particularly at midterm and longer-term horizons. |
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| Much harder to tabulate is the longer-term domino effect a Grexit could have. |
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| Scientists are also making progress with the prediction of longer-term climate fluctuations that are strongly influenced by oceanic conditions. |
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| Any business person knows that without a degree of certainty regarding cash flow, investment in longer-term plans is risky. |
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| And I'll just be spending the next period of months in the lead-up to Christmas contemplating my longer-term future. |
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| Prospects for 2006 for Scotland are reasonably bright, but what of the longer-term picture? |
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| We are also funding a variety of longer-term initiatives to bring about large-scale improvements. |
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| Currently, the potential of the MRM to mobilise investment in broader, longer-term child protection efforts is under-realised. |
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| The three-year cycle for votes also allows shareholders to take a longer-term view when examining the sustainability of the Compensation System. |
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| They were therefore not protected by the cushion of such longer-term borrowers. |
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| This may be so fundamental to the business that diverting scarce resources and money into longer-term plans would be wrong. |
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| If the respondent did not think the complainant could do the trailer work, it could have assigned a longer-term employee to these duties. |
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| It provides policy advice and financial support crucial to improving borrowing members' longer-term development and poverty reduction prospects. |
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| But isn't it in the interest of both the taxers and the taxed to conclude longer-term deals, achieving some durability in our tax system? |
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| However, it has recently been expanded to provide longer-term financing to any countries with a financing gap. |
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| While direct marketing may be used tactically, it must be a part of a brand's longer-term marketing plan. |
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| They were there as part of a longer-term strategy to identify and foster new talent. |
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| Clearly, for longer-term investors, it's been a toss-up between the blue chips and mid-caps, with the latter winning out in recent years. |
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| Gelbard's call for civilian control over the Indonesian military is also conditioned by longer-term economic considerations. |
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| However, whether this is global warming, or part of a longer-term cycle, who knows? |
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| In truth, it was hard to assess Chelsea's longer-term credentials from such a turkey shoot. |
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| These investments address current accommodation pressures facing the education sector and set the stage for longer-term changes. |
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| Similarly, one could also cite the much-deplored corporate fixation with the short-term maximisation of profits at the expense of longer-term strategies. |
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| Some patients who have had meningitis may require longer-term follow-up. |
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| And while the jury is aghast at some of the recent evidence, and will rightly demand its pound of flesh, it is also capable of taking a longer-term view. |
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| The different dates of maturity provide the flexibility of generating earnings without having to make longer-term investing commitments. |
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| To make longer-term plans, people need to have faith that their government is accountable and responsible. |
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| To support CF families during short-term crises until they are able to make longer-term child care arrangements. |
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| Funding agencies will need to make longer-term and more predictable commitments, and to be more accountable and transparent. |
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| Beyond jobs and financial reform — near-term issues that will bulk large in the midterm elections — there are longer-term issues. |
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| The program advisor stated that more teachers would join if they were promised a longer-term, secure position. |
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| Perhaps the extension has gone too far and at least a pause or corrective action is required to sustain longer-term bullish market health. |
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| It would be an agreement to delink the need to raise the debt limit by Aug. 2 from the hard, longer-term work needed to tame the budget deficit. |
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| Each time you're about to make a purchase, ask yourself if you truly need the item and if it helps you achieve your longer-term financial goals. |
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| Traders should watch for the small impending downward movement, but be on guard for the longer-term bullishness today. |
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| Over the longer-term, some population decrease is expected, which has already dropped somewhat over the past decade. |
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| Indeed, short-term expectations quickly became anchored to our target, although longer-term expectations took a bit more time to fall in line. |
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| The longer-term trends of ageing are also calling forth imaginative responses such as Dementia Adventure and Shared Lives. |
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| Unlike its U. S. competitor Direxions, however, ProShares stops short of specifically discouraging longer-term investors. |
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| While we believe that the U. S. fiscal situation will improve as the economy recovers, the longer-term outlook is not bright. |
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| The summative evaluation will place an emphasis on achievement of both intermediate and longer-term, or ultimate, outcomes. |
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| It is this longer-term pattern that particularly interests scientists. The rapidly changing atmosphere is a flibbertigibbet without permanence. |
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| Viewed from a medium to longer-term perspective, ample liquidity poses risks to price stability. |
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| However, costs of replacing food in longer-term storage in freezers or vegetables stored in root cellars may be eligible. |
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| These are also a valuable stopgap to meet demand while you look for permanent solutions for longer-term growth needs. |
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| Each needs the other to be successful and each should be consistent with the community's broader and longer-term vision. |
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| This adult principal caregiver should take full account of the longer-term consequence of taking on the responsibility for an extra child. |
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| The story is only too familiar: short-term considerations of electoral unpopularity trump longer-term considerations of sustainability. |
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| For a longer-term fix, opt for sunless face tanners-the faux glow lasts about a week. |
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| The orchestra will need to keep in mind its longer-term potential. And that may not be inconsiderable. |
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| But the potential results, in terms of empowering staff to get it right first time, are likely to deliver a number of longer-term benefits. |
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| A willingness to juggle both day-to-day operational management and longer-term projects is a core component of our strategy. |
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| Mature organizations have managed to patch together funding to develop longer-term programs that adapt to women's needs over time. |
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| Moreover, the steepening of the yield curve in 1999 may have been accompanied by shifts towards investments in longer-term financial assets. |
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| Interiors blend a lavish mix of gilded mirrors, antiques and crystal chandeliers with kitchenettes that make them ideal for longer-term use. |
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| Auto suppliers gained longer-term contracts, but paid a stiff price in terms of taking on more fixed costs and a constant struggle to match variable costs to price cuts. |
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| In this case, technological changes in how steel is made could reduce the need for fluxing limestone over the longer-term. |
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| So the spillovers will increase the longer-term payoffs of long-term research in informing the operational work of the Bank. |
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| Now that Annabel Goldie has handbagged the awkward squad in her party, Atticus wonders if the new Conservative leader's longer-term ambition lies elsewhere. |
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| It was recommended that ESCAP concentrate on larger and longer-term projects, particularly where it had a comparative advantage. |
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| He loves his work, and his qualification means he can also offer longer-term therapies for outpatients. |
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| For airlines, short-term cost reduction outweighs the possibility of longer-term reduction in competition. |
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| Individual liability is a longer-term process. |
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| Further studies will measure longer-term outcomes. |
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| The need for longer-term technical support was noted. |
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| This would help to secure long-term, sustainable fishing activities, and would afford fishermen a longer-term perspective and help them to plan with greater certainty. |
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| In addition, shares in property investment funds are generally purchased as longer-term investments rather than on a speculative basis, which reduces the number of transactions. |
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| To establish the truth is also important in a longer-term perspective. |
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| A longer-term effect would be if the disintegration led to a meltdown of the grounded West Antarctic ice sheet, which would cause the world's oceans to rise by up to 5 metres. |
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| There is some evidence that the Treasury were well aware of the difficulties imposed by limited capital resources and were willing to consider longer-term allocations. |
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| The last one is to integrate these longer-term plans with our overall global health security strategy. |
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| It also dooms effective longer-term investment in infrastructure that is the prerequisite for global competitiveness. |
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| The more important dynamic at work, Firman said, is the longer-term process of elemental self-discovery that can happen. |
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| The initial cost of replacing incandescent light bulbs with energy-efficient fluorescent bulbs will be offset by longer-term savings, Prime Minister John Howard said today. |
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| But the New Year is also about planning ahead, refining a longer-term vision of balance and sustainability. |
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| While the Kazakhs sometimes grumble about pressure from China, and the Chinese complain of bad business practices among their Kazakh partners, the two countries are cementing a longer-term relationship. |
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| This issue is the possible misapplication of training as a means to extend income support for workers rather than to provide the longer-term employment benefits of skill development. |
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| Forgiving debt owed pursuant to a lawful, valid contract risks creating a longer-term view by investors that the mortgage contract is less secure than ever before. |
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| Without obvious sources of renewed demand growth, new policies, while good longer-term strategies, threaten a widespread increase of neo-mercantilism as nations duke it out for an increased share of a slow-growing pie. |
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| It is a return to normality, a key ingredient for longer-term reintegration strategies, and a lifeline to deal with the past and rewrite the future. |
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| This chameleon-like situation requires response and action today, and yet, activism based on short-term goals may sap the energy required for tomorrow's longer-term solutions. |
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| The mindboggling U. S. debt level remains a high risk to the American economy, but we see this more as a longer-term issue rather than a major 2011 event. |
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| A good starting point in creating a results map is to take each major problem identified on the trunk of the problem tree and reword it as the immediate positive result with longer-term positive results or effects. |
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| However, I was ignored by countries such as Germany, France and others when it came to protecting victims of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the longer-term. |
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| Gray Newman of Morgan Stanley, an investment bank, argues that the spike in food prices will not translate into a longer-term rise in inflation. In this section A cautious welcome for the gringo Raise or see? |
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| Small group discussions followed where participants brainstormed ideas for concrete actions in the coming months, and the development of a longer-term work plan for the Africa-Canada Forum. |
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| Consequently the examination of post-program success is very preliminary and likely underreports the longer-term success rate of the program since it is based on data from graduates of shorter programs. |
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| Consequently, a decline in interest rates would tend to reduce the net interest income earned on our non-trading portfolio as shorter-term assets reprice and to increase the value of our longer-term assets. |
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| The company traditionally dealt with such problems by reining in nature — building seawalls and other stopgaps — but Dow wondered if longer-term remedies were possible. |
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| And we urge you to consider the longer-term potential of tidal energy, not just here but around the UK and across the world. |
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| It appears that investors started to again invest more in domestic and foreign longer-term assets, as the yield curve steepened and financial uncertainty lessened. |
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| Vegetation plots were established to measure longer-term silvicultural implications of the partial cutting on tree growth, windthrow occurrence and understorey vegetation response. |
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| The market has attracted scrutiny in recent weeks as prices on short-term aluminum contracts rose above those on longer-term contracts, a condition that some traders call backwardation. |
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| However, the longer-term inflation outlook isn't turning rosier. |
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| Yet, on the other hand, equally compelling though more critical arguments point to a much gloomier scenario for China's longer-term economic development. |
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| A public policy response that supports both effective short-term stimulus and longer-term, value-added economic activity is the most desirable plan of attack. |
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| Finally, and not least, Canadian bank growth in other countries helps strengthen Canada's brand abroad, with longer-term ripple effects to the benefit of our economy. |
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| As for industry stakeholders, I have no doubt that meeting the needs of the public will drive them as they look at innovative ways to reengage the market... to deal with the longer-term transformation that is happening. |
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| Consistent with its longer-term objective of supporting a broader range of private sector operations and creating a more balanced portfolio, the Fund has been increasing its participation in nonfinancial sector projects. |
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| Therefore, while the EU may hold back from setting a global target for organic production, some consensus on the longer-term potential of the sector is still desirable. |
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| Telefilm's longer-term objective is to ensure that participants acquire the ability and the tools they need to access Telefilm Canada's key funds, the Canada Feature Film Fund and the Canada Media Fund. |
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| The longer-term prospects for the Canadian agricultural sector remain quite promising, as the uptrend in prices that began at the start of the decade will likely remain intact. |
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| The lack of credit infrastructure prevents operators from offering post-paid models that could enable them to make longer-term investments in their customers. |
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| That has limited unemployment but may contribute to longer-term problems should recovery require more of a structural adjustment. Nevertheless, America's jobs machine is sputtering. |
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| The pools earmarked for short-term needs and basic lifetime income would be invested conservatively, while those geared toward longer-term objectives could be more aggressively invested. |
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| Ongoing enforcement may have a longer-term deterrent effect than enforcement blitzes, and have more impact on changing social norms with respect to idling behaviour. |
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| There are no longer-term weather forecasting facilities in Cyprus so the met office cannot predict the weather beyond a few days. |
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| Mr Burbage draws comparison with the F-16, of which more than 4,500 will be built over its long life. The future belongs to the dronesBut the longer-term outlook for the F-35 is uncertain. |
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| As for the longer-term success of this relationship, only time will tell. |
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| As noted in the first part of this paper, residential schooling and other forms of subtractive education suffered by indigenous children also have had a range of longer-term physical consequences. |
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| We hope that in time the Commission will fall into line with most of this House and the Council in understanding that there is a need for a longer-term review. |
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| With just one quarter of the poverty reduction strategy deliverables achieved, emphasis on short-term activities will need to be balanced with a longer-term focus on overall outcomes. |
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| The international marketing file is part of AUCC's longer-term advocacy agenda to significantly build on the initial investment for marketing in key missions and the creation of the brand. |
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| At first blush I would think it might take a longer-term period of time to gauge the effect, but there are maybe some things I don't understand about the study. |
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| Academic research, depending on the methodologies employed, may not lend itself to such shorter-term studies and may instead tend to focus on more elucidating, theoretical issues or longer-term empirical questions. |
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| Our efforts will continue to be guided by our longer-term Departmental vision, which is premised on maintaining our focus on core business with an expanded clientele. |
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| Cotinine is derived from nicotine but stays in the body much longer, giving a longer-term picture of recent smoke inhalation. |
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| The longer-term outlook for bonds is not positive. |
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| In the process of synthetic securitisation, for example, such short-term loans may be used to balance cash flows between the acquisition of the assets and the finalisation of the longer-term financing. |
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| The team will work to further clarify the most pressing needs of children and families in the aftermath of the disaster, as well as longer-term prospects for recovery and rehabilitation in the earthquake zone. |
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| For some people, this term describes virtually any longer-term project that is intended to contribute to the work of the institution, even if the project never becomes visible outside the Bank. |
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| How well does it integrate with a disk library or tape library for longer-term retention? |
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| In July 2006, the Court relocated part of its staff to the Hoftoren building in the centre of The Hague as a temporary solution until prefabricated buildings could be constructed as a longer-term housing solution. |
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| Financing for small businesses is in relatively scarce supply and the credit line will enable the company to meet its clients' longer-term financing needs. |
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| In the absence of a clear restructuring plan designed to ensure the company's longer-term viability, the Commission would seem to be right in inferring that the granted aid is disproportionate and inappropriate. |
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| Because this short-term paper must be redeemable at maturity, despite the longer-term assets that back it, it must carry a guarantee from a liquidity provider. |
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| These current short-term challenges are unmasking the underlying longer-term problems facing the fishery which governments have been working to address over the past few years. |
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| This may carry over into longer-term increases in temperature. |
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| The rally-around-the-flag effect of bombing North Korea would be overwhelmed by the sheer scope of the immediate consequences, not to mention the longer-term blowback. |
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| Our longer-term assistance is designed to embed a process of sustainable environmental protection in the countries in the region, all of which are potential candidate members of the Union. |
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| We are confident in the long-term integrity of the equity and bond markets and investors should take a longer-term view and sit tight through this storm. |
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| People giving longer-term care to an ill or handicapped family member often find themselves in a physically taxing and emotionally wearying situation. |
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| For example, Thais will go to the polls in 2011 and the electoral process will be closely watched for signs of national reconciliation impacting longer-term political stability. |
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| Wage-offer distributions could drift to the left over time if workers' skills depreciated during joblessness or if employers inferred that the longer-term unemployed were of lower quality and thus merited lower wages. |
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| Towards the end of the year, the dampening effect on M3 growth stemming from the developments in net external assets and longer-term financial liabilities more than offset the strengthening in credit growth. |
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| Its projects also paid particular attention to bequeathing longer-term best practice in Kosovo, by giving technical assistance and building institutional capacity. |
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| New forms of collaboration between industry and the research community have to be found to surmount key technology roadblocks and unlock longer-term industrial development potential. |
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| This project is a perfect example of how a well-timed investment can create construction jobs in the short-term while providing lasting infrastructure for longer-term prosperity and growth. |
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| It must be replaced by a longer-term, more politically aware vision comprising more stable and predictable funding, conducive to innovative approaches, and open to a certain amount of risk. |
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| It also authorizes the Governor in Council to make a decision on the choice of approach for longer-term management of nuclear fuel waste for Canada. |
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| It covers understanding the other negotiator, responding to power imbalances, as well as looking beyond the deal to building longer-term relationships. |
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| In addition, compared to Menomune vaccine, Menactra vaccine resulted in longer-term persistence of bactericidal antibody, improved production of high avidity antibody, and the establishment of immune memory. |
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| Choosing a combination mortgage can take some of the guesswork out of making a decision between whether it is better to lock in to a longer-term or stay in a variable rate. |
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| Rather than setting out the conditions for stabilisation, it would protract or even increase instability, requiring an even more important international presence for a longer-term. |
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| The difficult staffing situation has been compounded by the unpredictability of financial resources, which makes it impossible for the existing staff to be offered longer-term contracts. |
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| This has made longer-term exceptionally large borrowing more attractive, and has also generated facility shopping, in which countries request support under the cheapest, but not necessarily most appropriate, facility. |
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| Given the complexity and costs of engaging in such partnerships, it is advantageous to pool resources and build longer-term, sustainable partnerships. |
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| By creating a 'catharsis' exercise where participants put forth their immediate issues at the beginning of the workshop, it is ensured they focus on longer-term issues during the rest of the day. |
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| After three years of surplus, the government's finances will be in deficit for the rest of Mr Bush's first term, and the guesstimate for the longer-term surplus is melting away. |
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| To underscore the longer-term nature of the reference value for monetary growth, the Governing Council decided to no longer review the monetary reference value on an annual basis. |
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| The time of settlement of the main and the longer-term refinancing operations normally coincides with the time of reimbursement of a previous operation of corresponding maturity. |
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| In view of the current fiscal situation, and the longer-term implications for cost and reallocation of resources, approval may not necessarily be viewed sympathetically by many members. |
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| However, this approach is dangerous in the long term, and it is due to human weakness that short-term specific gain is often preferred to longer-term indefinite benefit. |
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| Once the storm subsides, we can blast the ice smooth and allow it to superharden. That should sustain a landing while we contrive something longer-term. |
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| The ISO standard requires longer-term extrapolations of performance. |
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