| The aim of strategic assessment is to take stock of the current business situation with a view to realizing the strategic intent. |
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| Times like these also remind us of the need to take stock of our overall financial picture, from insurance to record-keeping to wills. |
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| Now is the time to take stock and think about what needs to be done for customers, employees and job applicants. |
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| I also dwelt, perhaps overheavily, on certain doubts and reservations, of which even his most devoted admirers must take stock. |
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| Once debts are under control, it is advisable to take stock of your savings, and try to put some money away regularly for a rainy day. |
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| Rather than worry about health, finances, official details and relationships at this point, it's best to take stock of situations and act now. |
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| Plans for a lavish Christmas wedding have been put on ice while the couple take stock of their 15-month relationship. |
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| As we approach the millennium it seems an appropriate time for OLOC to take stock, to reflect and review where we want to go and how. |
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| Since the film rarely stops to take stock of its overcomplicated story, things can get a little confusing at times. |
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| Many have been selling shares that they don't own in the expectation that they will be able to take stock in the placing to cover their position. |
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| Any understanding of the politics of the world must therefore take stock of this agglomerative process and its effects. |
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| As a military officer, I'm trained to take stock of my situation constantly. |
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| This hiatus in our headlong rush to be economic superstars of Europe might present us with an opportunity to take stock. |
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| A team of Ministry of Agriculture today visited 10 villages to take stock of the draught-like situation and assess crop loss caused due to it. |
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| The EFA 2000 Assessment represents an unparalleled effort to take stock of the state of basic education in the world. |
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| If anyone is gonna crib again saying that the faulty rules have enabled an undeserving team to reach the semis, let us take stock of the situation. |
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| It is also time to take stock of inner weaknesses such as egoism. |
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| Some maintained they were just headed to Beirut to relax, and they would take stock in a week or so. |
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| It is time to take stock in South Sudan, a process involving macabre, but far from conclusive calculations. |
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| After eight or nine days of intensive bombing of Afghanistan, I think that it is time to take stock in the House of Commons. |
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| If we get this right, we will have a very healthy social reality of which to take stock in the future. |
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| All these types of ethics take stock in the role of human relations, community, solidarity, mutual trust and collaboration. |
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| The Task Force's role is to take stock in the medium term of security of supply with regard to low-calorific natural gas in Belgium. |
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| It may also be necessary to take stock of progress and future directions, once new members are on-board and brought up to speed. |
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| At certain stages of mourning, the bereaved person may feel the need to be alone to take stock of things. |
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| As we look back over the year, and take stock of all that happened in 2009, it is not unreasonable to wonder what actually has been achieved. |
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| Mr President, let us calmly take stock of the European economy. 2004 was a vintage year for the world's economy. |
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| Questions such as these make it necessary first to take stock of the situation in the conflict and explain the failure of the first peace accord. |
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| It provides the perfect opportunity for the world to take stock of what has been achieved so far and stake out a path for future liberalisation. |
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| We welcome the opportunity by the Afghan government and international community to take stock and, we hope, change course. |
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| Even though it only ended a short time ago, the time has come to take stock of the situation, albeit on a provisional basis. |
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| Having passed the halfway point of the current Action Plan, it is time to take stock of progress achieved so far. |
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| However, I feel that when it comes to mounting such an extensive operation, we must take stock of the need for aid before opening our wallet. |
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| We take stock of changes that have occurred in our spiritual lives thanks to these commitments. |
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| Each step will help you take stock of your financial situation and identify any aspects you need to work on. |
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| At the end of the season, a final meeting is held to take stock of the year and make recommendations for the following one. |
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| It is even better when there is no discrimination and the financial institutions take stock of the ratio of loan applications and approved loans. |
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| The purpose of the meeting will be to take stock of progress and discuss new clean energy opportunities that could be pursued jointly. |
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| Early in the thinking process it will be important to take stock of the information that is already available, but perhaps not being fully used. |
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| It may be a fresh idea to take stock of the present situation and establish a good starting point. |
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| It will moreover take stock of work in progress on legislative proposals to strengthen EU economic governance provisions. |
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| However, it is now time to take stock of the numerous crimes of totalitarian communism of the past and condemn it solemnly. |
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| For this reason, the authorities decided to hold a conference from 28 to 30 April 2002 to take stock of the federal experience. |
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| The Bureau will review the area again in about 18 months to take stock of the situation and decide whether any other follow-up is needed. |
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| For now, it's important to take stock in looking ahead to the next chapter. |
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| We need to take stock of our agricultural policy and reconsider the standards on which the policy is based. |
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| It is advisable to take stock from time to time and be flexible, within reason. |
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| We should perhaps stop for some breathing room and take stock of the situation once and for all. |
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| This is why now is the time to take stock and to support all useful initiatives aimed at creating an active lifestyle. |
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| With the business end neutralized, I can relax a little, and take stock of our catch. |
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| It does present an opportunity, however, to take stock of what we do know about the G spot, thanks to past scientific research. |
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| In accordance with its key decisions, the Forum has decided that a national level delegation would be soon visiting Gujarat to take stock of the situation. |
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| I could imagine that any of these would cause air traffic control to pause for a few minutes to take stock of the situation and decide whether to proceed with caution. |
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| It is time that we feel being a part of this huge churning and take stock of our situation with our own indigenous faculties and not borrowed or make-believe perceptions. |
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| Having just returned from their trip to Brussels, Carol and her friends sit in her house in one of the broad avenues set back from the town's harbour, to take stock. |
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| In the first part of this report, staff representatives take stock in this regard of the state of the current human resources framework, which we find broken and in need of immediate redesign. |
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| The conference of the last two days must provide an opportunity to take stock in this respect and to make an inventory of the resources for police cooperation. |
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| It was a place to take stock, to reflect about where you were in life. |
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| However, it was currently necessary to keep supporting those laudable commitments and to take stock in 2005 of progress made with regard to their implementation. |
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| I must therefore insist on the Commission's behalf that we take stock in October in order to ascertain whether this frontloading model is working or, if it is not, whether new decisions need to be taken. |
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| Its first critical years would enable it to bring out its first opuscula and to take stock of the field and of those that would labour therein. |
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| Taking time out to take stock, a so-called gap year, may help them to decide whether to study or to choose an alternative form of training. |
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| Nearly three years after the Moroccan reform of the ports, the port of Casablanca can take stock of the situation of the growth of investments, of productivity and a reduction in costs. |
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| We can attempt to stop these contaminants by means of the codicil that has been added to the compromise on PFOA, according to which the Commission is to analyse and continuously take stock of progress on alternatives. |
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| Make discussable the transformative goals you and others have and get the partners periodically to take stock of the progress towards them. |
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| This will be an important moment to take stock of the bilateral efforts under way and to make preparations for the November international meeting. |
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| It would be a timely opportunity to take stock of the situation and to reassess whether special measures for shipbuilding are still considered necessary. |
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| It is my hope that this obligation can also be an opportunity for each country to take stock of its experience in making the right to education a reality. |
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| We need to reflect, take stock and think deeply about the way forward. |
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| If one thing is for certain, Europe is going to undergo radical change, and so let us not run ahead of a situation that we are unable to take stock of as yet. |
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| Caught up in the tornado whirl of their lightning rise to fame, Franck admits the group have not really had time to take stock of their new star status yet. |
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| This conference therefore provided an opportunity to take stock, to make a diagnosis, and what would be the point of such a diagnosis, if there were no treatment? |
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| In 2015, when we take stock of what we have achieved since we adopted the Millennium Goals in 2000, when the time comes to tally up the figures, it would be nice to know that we have fulfilled at least one. |
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| This is truly the time to step back and take stock. |
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| It is a fitting time, therefore, to take stock of what has been achieved in giving Canadians access to federal government records, to identify where we've come up short and why, and to decide how we can do better. |
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| But the procedure often amounts to time-consuming, labour-intensive grunt work, slogging on foot through isolated and inaccessible regions in order to take stock of timber resources first-hand. |
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| Should this love be something less than perfect, you'll be apt to take stock of your life and feel you're missing a great deal, and wonder what's in store for you. |
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| Using the personalized coaching, a simple, pleasant and effective approach, you will be able to find, take time to take stock, to think so that you wish to create in your life. |
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| Beyond the quarterly scientific meetings, the Conference represents a favoured way to take stock on the last scientific acquirements and the most cutting-edge aesthetic surgery techniques. |
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| Not surprisingly, it was a year in which we tended to take stock, to look back over our shoulders to see where this organization has been and what it has accomplished. |
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| In 2002, the Ecuadorian Government extended an open invitation to the United Nations human rights special procedures mechanisms to visit Ecuador and to take stock in situ of the prevailing human rights situation. |
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| Today helps you to take stock of life and you will also find it's a day when you can at last outtalk that smart, but very nave, family member. |
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| Now that the gardens have been put to sleep for the season, we have some time to step back and take stock of everything that we achieved this year. |
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| Today helps you to take stock of life and you will also find it s a day when you can at last outtalk that smart, but very na ve, family member. |
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| All government should take stock of this judgment. |
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| Its conclusions will allow us to take stock of where more work is needed and make a strong contribution to ultimately empowering Canadians to make wise financial decisions. |
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| Today helps you to take stock of life and you will also find a day when you can at last outtalk that smart but very family member. |
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| Today helps you to take stock of life, and you will also find a day when you can at last outtalk that smart, but very family member. |
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| Against this background, the Commission, at the outset of this new term, considered it useful to take stock of the progress achieved since the launch of the policy. |
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| As we approach the end of 2005, of the international year of sport and physical education, it is important that we take stock in order to evaluate what we have achieved at European and international level. |
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| The increased scope of its mission requires it to take stock of its responsibilities and honour its commitments while respecting a financial equilibrium. |
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| At the outset of any inquiry it is proper to take stock of the results obtained by previous explorers of the same field. |
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| We are presenting below some elements to adopt a global approach and take stock of an industry that epitomizes the hurdles faced by players in agriculture. |
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| Four years after the General Chapter which had as its theme precisely Associated for the Educational Service of the Poor, it was necessary to take stock in this area and to give some new impetus. |
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| Ministers will take stock on progress at their next meeting. |
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| In 2009, he underwent heart surgery for an aortic valve replacement at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, an event that Mr. Williams said caused him to take stock of his life. |
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