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I have concerns because annuities (where margins are high) are a smaller proportion of sales.

China's foreign trade in 2004 exceeded US$1 trillion, so anyone can see the proportion of Sino-Russian trade and the future potential.

China's foreign trade in 2004 exceeded 1 trillion US, so anyone can see the proportion of Sino-Russian trade and the future potential,

If a substantial proportion of the 80 000 Taxi Recap vehicles due for delivery over the next five years is to be reported in the MCV segment, we could be in for even more spectacular growth in the overall over-3 500 kg GVM market.

I fail to understand how you can justify a poll tax on the entire population, yet exclude a significant proportion of that population from programmes that this tax is paying for.

If a body can just find oot the exac' proper proportion and quantity that ought to be drunk every day and keep to that, I verily throw that he might leeve forever without dying at all, and that doctors and kirkyards would go oot o' fashion

Whatever happens, happens. I'm open to anything. It's just too bad that things got blown out of proportion the way they did. It shows that we're not perfect as human beings. None of us are perfect.

What Microsoft is seeing is the proportion of their base that upgrades is not as high as it used to be. For a lot of people today, they buy their PC, they plug it in, it gives them access to the Internet and that's what they bought it for.

The packaged food manufacturers' ability to raise and maintain prices to offset rising commodity costs will be a key test of the shifting of power to the retailer. Moreover, escalating costs have negatively impacted the small and midsize food companies more than their larger counterparts due to the smaller companies' higher proportion of fixed-costs and limited economies of scale.

He was a good friend, maintaining his sense of humor and proportion throughout the difficult period that marked his most recent service,

There are still some barriers to some particular jobs that are more high paying jobs like high-level executives, CEOs of companies that women just aren't in the proportion that men are in.

I suspect that a week out (of not getting treatment after the hurricane), the preponderance of those patients had died, ... It's going to take months, if not years, to actually go back and find what proportion of the dead were actually dialysis patients.

I think it has been blown out of proportion that the grass was meant to make them uncomfortable. It was all about our being comfortable. It's the surface Andy is most comfortable on and I think he's the second best grass court player in the world.

It is good discretion not to make too much of any man at the first; because one cannot hold out that proportion

I think what has happened to him is out of line. They've blown this out of proportion big time. He didn't mean any harm. Anybody who knows him knows he's a sarcastic person. What he said was more of an analogy.

I think it's reasonable to expect that the proportion of money going offshore will increase, but that's not necessarily a bad thing for the economy because it diversifies our assets, gives the industry more alpha and provides a buffer against all of these current account deficits.

It is ironic because lower raw material prices and particularly lower oil costs is pretty good news for the global economy, but not very good news for the indices when so many of the companies are making such a big proportion of their profits from them.

It is interesting that the U.S. has this very strong proportion of the population that rejects scientific conclusions about the age of the Earth and about evolutionary relationships between species, including humans.

I will never understand and never agree that five private law firms should collect more than $3.3 billion for working less than two years on a case that was settled before it went to trial. The fee seems totally out of proportion for the work performed.

Our staff has not grown in proportion to the number of increases in the student population.

Our favorite taste is a combination of fat and sugar in any form. I'd have to say the fat is worse, especially because a high proportion of fat in desserts is saturated.

Out of the 1.2 billion people in India, one-third of them are between the age of 1-14 and by 2030, India will have a dynamic and youthful workforce of about 700 million with an average age of 35. This is expected to constitute a substantial proportion of world's workforce.

Regarding the volume of weapons, it's directly in proportion to the number of students that we're training. We don't have a stockpile of weapons that we've just cached up here to use later for some foul purpose. These weapons are used specifically for this particular client.

Some people are too severely deaf to benefit from conventional hearing aids; a cochlear implant may be a suitable alternative but only for a proportion of them.

Live/work units are more difficult to secure mortgages on because the proportion of the property given over to commercial use is typically much higher. However, they are a growing trend and lenders have to adapt. Halifax, for instance, says it is happy to lend on live/work units on a case by case basis.

I think many people would be disappointed to learn that. But I think there is such a deep appreciation for the many contributions that President Clinton has made ... that there would also be a sense of proportion about it.

Justice has always evoked ideas of equality, of proportion of compensation. Equity signifies equality. Rules and regulations, right and righteousness are concerned with equality in value. If all men are equal, then all men are of the same essence, and the common essence entitles them of the same fundamental rights and equal liberty... In short justice is another name of liberty, equality and fraternity.

That was a real insight for us. There has been no real demonstration that the long tail would work in television. Who knows what proportion of overall television consumption the long tail could account for.

We have succeeded in observing two laws of the utmost importance, the first is that the increase in the number of heart beats is in quite direct proportion to the sum of the weights lifted to a determined height, the second is that the quantity of vi

We must keep a sense of proportion in our criminal justice system,

Using signaling theory, the conclusion has to be that managers of acquiring companies are using a higher proportion of cash relative to the last M&A cycle, as they believe that there is greater upside relative to downside risk in acquisitions.

With the U.S. and global economies still showing strong signs of resilience, expectations for oil demand growth in 2006 and 2007 remain robust. The United States and China account for a substantial proportion of the total world oil growth in 2006 and 2007.

A country becomes more prosperous in proportion to the rise in the invested capital unit per unit of its population.

Unless you are prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.

You do need to know what the health risks of your population are. That's what the health risk analysis is for ? it's an important starting gate. It'll show if you have a higher proportion of smokers, if your employees have more of a disposition to diabetes or bad health.

Thus I have maintained by English history, that in proportion as the press has been free, English government has been secure

We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.

All jobs are created in direct proportion to the amount of capital employed.

Most people now seem to treasure anything they value in proportion to the extent that it's followed about and surrounded by the vulgar public.

Ignorance was just as dynamic as knowledge, and it grew in the same proportion.

The degree of genius necessary to please us is pretty nearly the same proportion that we ourselves have.

Science increases our power in proportion as it lowers our pride.

What would bring about a revival of epic proportion?

The admiration of another writer’s work is almost in inverse proportion to similarities in style.

What one reads, or rather all that comes to us, is surely only of interest and value in proportion as we find ourselves therein, -- form given to what was vague, what slumbered stirred to life.

In proportion as you give the state power to do things for you, you give it power to do things to you.

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.

We know that people have saved for a long time for their SSIA and we are only asking for a very small proportion of their payout as this could go a very long way towards helping others less fortunate.

When one considers the fact that 2.7 million tickets have been sold and that around 15 million fans applied for tickets on the Internet, the proportion of those prepared to give up their tickets is only in the region of 2 percent.

This whole thing about the hurricanes has gotten somehow blown out of proportion from what the original request was, ... How it went from that to what transpired yesterday, I don't know.

The physical assets of such a firm comprise a small proportion of its asset base, ... Trust and reputation can vanish overnight. A factory cannot.

While it's encouraging that the proportion of women in organized breast cancer screening programs has increased over time, in 2003 participation was only 34 per cent nationally.

Unemployment rates tend to rise and fall in roughly equal proportion at all rungs of the ladder, and that happened between 1973 and 1985.

While we diminish the stimulant of fear, we must increase to prisoners the incitements of hope, in proportion as we extinguish the terrors of the law, we should awaken and strengthen the control of the conscience.

While therefore your tears flow, let a due proportion be tears of joy. Yet take the bitter cup with both hands and sit down to your repast. You will soon learn a secret: that there is sweetness at the bottom.

You are wholly complete and your success in life will be in direct proportion to your ability to accept this truth about you.

There is some data that suggests that only a very small proportion of a child's caloric intake come from sodas in vending machines, ... It doesn't say it's not a problem for some children.

We have a case, a situation that's been blown out of proportion due to maybe my public image. There is nothing to be worried about from our perspective. We've done nothing wrong.

Through the proportion of those who think be extremely small, yet every individual flatters himself that he is one of the number

We expect the emerging markets to form a higher proportion of Ericsson's business in 2006 and Ericsson will have to fight hard in these markets and pay the price of lower margins to maintain its market share lead.

We are very concerned in Hawaii about the fact we are the western doorway to the United States. We see a large number of visitors ... and a good proportion of them are from the Far East where we know a good number of emerging diseases are originating.

Bribing physicians has long been held to be illegal. This advertisement essentially pays teenagers to convince adults to procure this drug for them, with the size of the payment in proportion to the amount of drug prescribed.

Between genius and talent there is the proportion of the whole to its part

Even though there are probably a lot of nonvoters among the people who are undecided, this proportion of uncertain voters indicates continuing movement even shortly before the election.

Even so, the danger of acting hastily is that you may end up accidentally throwing out the family silver in the bin liner. Even if you're in a closed with-profits fund with a low proportion invested in shares and very poor bonus rates, that does not necessarily mean you should get out of it.

Easter breaks for many people will include short-haul trips, where alternative modes of transport are much more practical. Short-haul travel is particularly polluting because the take-off and landing segments, when most fuel is burnt, represent a large proportion of the flight plan.

Be it Chow Yun-fat, Jet Li or Jackie Chan, the proportion of dialogue and drama in their movies is heavy. They use their dialogue to show their acting skills a lot,

Everybody knows Jen went about it the wrong way. But really, all of it was blown out of proportion by the media.

Even if a party doesn't win a single ward, it would win representation in proportion to its total ward and proportional votes.

It would seem that a significant proportion of the population has become extremely frustrated with the political process and with the system of multi-party democracy that Sao Tome has. And they no longer have any confidence in the major parties, but are faced with little other choice about who to vote for. And this is of serious concern for the country.

These projects have demonstrated they are practical and exciting and will add to the proportion of the UK's energy that comes from renewable sources.

These do not represent a big proportion of revenues, but quite small changes to the top line filter through into the bottom line.

The sending off was a turning point to a certain extent. For me it is not even a sending off, it was a minor incident that was blown out of proportion and overshadows what was potentially a great game of football.

The Spirit must and will be poured out on the church, that she may be purified and filled with God - and just in proportion as the Spirit of God works, so will he - when our Lord anoints men with power, so will he.

Protesters are looking for disclosure on the destination and use of funds paid by foreign miners. We assume that this implies that a proportion of the funding is not feeding through to local projects.

Adrienne's talent and creative sense of proportion and elegance sets her apart from others. She did it once in fashion and now she's doing it in home design.

Some folks think a real large proportion of players were using them, and there's widespread belief that Bonds was one of them.

And the proportion will increase to 10 per cent by 2020.

As a human being, you are certainly entitled to your own opinion. It's just that you're blown out of proportion in the media sometimes. Even if I weren't an actor, I'd still be active in things that are important to me.

The Bush Administration and Congress should fix the injustices caused by the feminist-enforced Title IX quotas, which specify that the proportion of men to women who participate in competitive sports cannot exceed their proportional enrollment in college.

A very high proportion of that job growth is occurring in high-paying professions. This is a demand-driven market and demand vastly exceeds supply.

A large proportion of the remainder will be (refined) products ... we have suggested they prioritize products,

A large proportion of the global population is in this region, and beyond that there is a diversity of animals that are thought to be important in the generation of these pandemic viruses.

This has all been blown out of proportion due to my public image. There is nothing to worry about. We've done nothing wrong.

This means that about 35,000 men of the non-combat personnel will be laid off within the next five years, including some staff members of military chairs and other dual-purpose structures. It is also planned to do away with three hundred high-rank command posts, after which the number of generals and admirals in the Armed Forces will not top 1,100 men, meaning their reduction to the optimal proportion of one per thousand servicemen,

There's a human tragedy of magnificent proportion taking place here. I don't think putting everyone in jail is contributing to a solution.

It seems to me that most things that are being made are designed for young people. There aren't that many depictions of melancholic older people, even though they form a growing proportion of the population.

It is unfortunate it has happened, it has probably again been blown out of all proportion and, thankfully, it passed off without incident,

It's the hands-off time we were having a problem with. We need to maximize the proportion of time we're doing chest compressions.

It makes you wonder if there's a direct proportion between what were the hot markets and what's cooling off now. You often do see that the hottest markets are usually the ones that turn the quickest, with some flexibility, naturally.

David has always been one of those quietly influential staffers that has an impact all of out proportion to their public profile. He knows how to get things done, and when he talks, people listen because they know he has the authority of the vice president behind him.

That kind of got blown out of proportion how that went down. There's no hard feelings about that deal at all, but I think in a way it might have helped us.

That proportion of the faculty that are older is getting steadily larger. So you've got this big turnover in the newly hired faculty, and the rest of the faculty is getting older. Sooner or later ... you'll have to replace the older faculty.

The adhesion of cells is very quick and far stronger than will be needed for most applications. We just let them incubate for 35 minutes, rinse, and we're ready to go. We've kept our cells alive on the chip for up to 25 hours and the same proportion of cells survive using our method as cells cultured under identical conditions.

It's important to provide this support regularly, because at this stage there are still about 200,000 people who are refugees or displaced people in their home country. It is a huge proportion of the population that depends largely on international aid.

It's time to get over it. I think it's being blown out of proportion by coaches. As coaches, we need to get on with it and get this thing over with. I'm not going to let it overshadow the kids' performance.

The volume of traffic has reached a proportion that?s scary.

There's the perception, frankly, that students voices haven't been heard, at least in proportion to their numbers and we want to change that. I want to make sure young people in this town feel very connected and have as much input as anybody else,

Once again, the racists and anti-Semites are exploiting a tragedy of great proportion and one that binds the nation to spew their hatred and seek to divide the nation. While they may be small in number, their reach through the Internet is of great concern. Their messages of hate must be countered by the good words of good people.

Everywhere, African-Americans were stopped far out of their proportion in any of the communities policed, ... So were Hispanics, but at somewhat reduced levels.