In the early 1990s Barbados saw a sharp increase in female employment in the information sector.23

Following a sharp increase in production in the past two years, the situation was beginning to stabilize.

This structural change, coupled with a sharp increase in private consumption, inevitably impacts on total energy requirements.

A verification report produced in early 2004 confirmed a sharp increase in violent land evictions, with resulting humanitarian problems.

However, there has been a sharp increase in the practice of contributing Parties to restrict the use of their contributions.

In addition, a sharp rise in MONUC assessments in the current period reflected an increase in the authorized troop strength.

In the event, only a 5 per cent nominal increase was approved by COP 6, representing a sharp decline in real terms.

The sharp increase in film production number indicates a rising production cost on average, which has aroused alert of the industry.

The recent sharp increase in the prices of rice, fish and vegetables has caused a further deterioration in the food situation.

At the economic level, we can expect a sharp increase in national production, which the Government has already set as our top priority.

A very sharp knife.

Sharp as a knife.

Sharp nails and sharp words.

The previous period of sharp increase in spending on goods and services which had ended before the recession began, led to a significant relative increase in the prices of non marketable goods and services.

We climbed a sharp slope.

Not even a sharp pencil.

Data from the 2001 demographic and health survey show that there was a sharp increase in international emigration from rural areas between 1998 and 2001.

Narcotics trafficking has brought with it increased circulation of small arms and light weapons, which has led to a sharp increase in crime and fatal injuries.

Since mid 2000 there had been a sharp increase in the number of anti Semitic incidents throughout the world, with their sequels of violence and terror.

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You've done a very sharp thing.

Keep a sharp lookout. Ayeaye, sir.

The sharp increase in the peacekeeping budget had made it extremely difficult for many Member States to pay their assessed contributions.

(c) A serious increase in the number of people eating at canteens as a result of less subsidies, sharp food price rises and a lower standard of living of the population

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Curtailing the movement of Palestinian workers into Israel had also resulted in a sharp increase in unemployment and a corresponding decrease in Palestinian income and living standards, already in decline.

Inflation was generally lower in 2004, partly owing to currency appreciation, which offset the sharp increase in petroleum prices to some extent.

In 1992, there was a sharp drop

The Mission recorded a sharp increase in reports of beatings and other forms of ill treatment by prison guards during 1998, including the first reported death of a detainee following a severe beating.

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Simple sharp

Sharp turns

Double sharp

You're sharp.

That's sharp.

Real sharp.

Ms. Donna Sharp, Senior Partner, Sharp Global Partners Ltd., United States

However, although the number of Security Council meetings covered showed a sharp increase in 2002, it has remained constant since then, at about 400 in 2003 and in 2004.

A sharp crack of thunder split the sky.

Keep a sharp lookout, especially toward those hills.

Oh, I met a man with sharp nails.

V.37 The Advisory Committee notes a sharp increase of 133,400 (26.7 per cent before recosting) under contractual services, which is due largely to support contracts for computer related equipment.

39. It is to be noted that levels of funding for humanitarian assistance from official development assistance have declined in recent years after a sharp increase in the early 1990s.