Improvement
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847 examples of Improvement in a sentence
There, and in the volatile Caucasus, a significant
improvement
in Europe’s relations with Russia is crucial to defusing tensions.
The early leaders of Muhammadiyah focused more on the spiritual
improvement
of individual Muslims, rather than public enforcement of Islamic law.
Much of this
improvement
is thanks to HFCs, which are excellent ozone-friendly alternatives to older chlorofluorocarbons, which have been phased out.
A pitfall to be avoided here comes in sweetening the deal by converting a government monopoly into a private monopoly - which may be an
improvement
but falls far short of the desirable outcome.
A study of 80 countries where the World Bank tried to reduce corruption revealed
improvement
in 39%, but deterioration in 25%.
So, despite the Iraq war and the seeming impotence of world institutions, the beginning of the twenty-first century could well bring faster global
improvement
in political ethics than at any time in the past.
Some of it is a destructive transfer from consumers to shareholders as corporations gain more monopoly power, some of it is an
improvement
in efficiency from better management and more appropriately scaled operations, and some of it is overpayment by those who become irrationally exuberant when companies get their names in the news.
Moon himself made it clear last month that no
improvement
in the South’s relationship with North Korea will be possible without denuclearization.
Significant
improvement
is needed in mentoring, parental leave, childcare, and elder care, as well as more gender-equal retirement and pension schemes.
Large deficits shift the bill for today’s consumption to future generations and can crowd out private investment, thereby slowing the
improvement
of living standards.
Most Indian farmers will benefit from greater access to irrigation, but if this means building more ill-conceived dams and pursuing large-scale projects, the result will be more water for industrial agriculture, more damage to India’s damaged environment, and little
improvement
for poor farmers.
Whether a more populist government would be able to break radically with India’s flawed fiscal policies and create an environment favorable to a dramatic
improvement
in India’s shamefully poor human and physical infrastructure – which would give a solid boost to India’s economy over the long term – remains to be seen.
If there is no dramatic action and improvement, governments should instead give CITES, as a well established conservation and trade agreement, a chance to reverse the species’ current plight.
The report also details the efforts countries are making to meet tobacco-control targets and makes recommendations for
improvement.
Unfortunately, however, the upturn in the business cycle cannot be taken as a sign of structural
improvement
in the German economy.
The latest International Monetary Fund forecast projects 1.7% growth for the eurozone as a whole in 2017, and 1.6% growth in 2018 – a remarkable
improvement
from a few years ago, when the region struggled to break 1%.
The problem is that treatment is too often abandoned at the first signs of clinical
improvement
- usually after 2-3 months.
While this is disappointing, it is an
improvement
on anything Russia has ever experienced, except briefly.
At this point, any
improvement
in consumer balance sheets would directly stimulate the economy and create jobs.
I am pleased when I swim fast, but I would get no sense of achievement from improving my time if the
improvement
came out of a bottle.
On the one side were liberals, “a class of men sanguine in hope, bold in speculation, always pressing forward…and disposed to give every change credit for being an improvement.”
The recent, unexpected
improvement
in relations between the muddling Eurasian power and the rising Asian power result from a marriage of convenience.
It also requires political stability, eradication of corruption, enhanced rule of law,
improvement
of basic levels of education, and greater use of mobile telephones and the Internet.
Most eurozone members’ fiscal positions have undergone considerable, though often unnoticed,
improvement
in recent years – so much so that the eurozone-wide fiscal deficit is now less than 3% of GDP, much better than the US or the UK.
The expected December trade deficit is $57 billion—an
improvement
on the record $60.3 billion gap in November.
These developments are largely responsible for the recent
improvement
in the global outlook.
As with all numerical indicators that try to express a very complex reality, there is always room for
improvement.
Many countries – including Colombia, Liberia, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia – have at some point made
improvement
in the Doing Business ranking, or that of the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report, a policy goal.
The interplay between work and life skills means that both are critical to any meaningful
improvement
in Latin America’s human capital.
A higher tax rate would spur owners to sell, leading to the restoration and
improvement
of land and buildings – effectively acting as a large stimulus package.
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