We will not be able to finish this meeting on time we are lagging far behind.

I appreciate that, as we are lagging behind.

And I just thought we were lagging behind in missiles.

Those countries are lagging far behind the international development mainstream because of the specific structural and geographical challenges that constrain their capacity for development.

As a result, we are lagging behind on many of our targets.

Fast growing regions should also be encouraged to support those lagging behind.

The LDCs are lagging behind in respect of many of the MDG targets.

Currently, Africa is lagging behind in the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals.

While reform in the Organization was accelerating, renovation of its Headquarters was lagging behind.

The representative of Egypt, speaking on behalf of the African Group said that despite the great achievements of humanity, Africa was still lagging far behind in economic and social development.

The summit confirmed our dedication to fulfil the Millennium Development Goals through considerable donor commitments, as well as the need to pay particular attention to countries in Africa that are lagging far behind.

Although transportation practices and patterns have changed accordingly, the international legal framework governing multimodal transportation is lagging behind.

In the final, Zhang Binbin also started from lagging behind and shot more stably and won the silver medal with just 0.2 rings behind the champion.

The United Nations Secretariat had made great efforts to address the security aspects that could be dealt with from within the Organization, but, as far as legal protection was concerned, Member States were lagging behind.

Yes, but how far behind?

These three superficial factors reflect the reason behind the relative lagging behind of our growth pattern change. That is, the government led growth has not yet been fundamentally changed.

So far, the guys are behind me.

Well I believe they're getting left far behind.

Your friends must be very far behind you.

She had the impression that Algerian society had undergone a massive transformation, especially with regard to women, and that legislation was therefore lagging behind.

Financial, technical and technological transfers still lag far behind.

Frankly, yes. I, uh How far behind am I?

Statistics show that, in these countries, remittances represent the second most important source of capital lagging behind only foreign direct investment and surpassing ODA flows.

This Major Programme responds to this challenge and will emphasize UNIDO support to those countries lagging behind in achieving the poverty goal of the Millennium Declaration.

(d) The provision of assistance for the disabled and pupils lagging behind in their schooling, so as to enable them to exercise their right to education

The international community should be responsive to the fact that the poorest countries of the world were lagging further and further behind in terms of growth.

In the first, the region risks a cycle of weak growth, retreat from market oriented policies, and increasing disillusionment. As a result, convergence with Western Europe could slow, with many countries lagging far behind a far different outcome from that envisioned during the boom of the mid 2000s, when convergence within a generation seemed almost like a birthright.

Although it is pleasing to note that many international agencies are making deliberate steps to improve the metadata to support MDG indicators, some are lagging well behind.

However, turning to the main questions, we have found that we are still lagging behind on some of the issues to which have so strongly committed ourselves.

(iv) The tendency of families to migrate in search of work and take their children with them, resulting in absenteeism, lagging behind and dropping out of school

Central to these concerns is an understanding that the quality of women s health, and in particular reproductive health, is lagging behind advances seen in other health indicators.

Because of your colonel's stubbornness... we are far behind the schedule!

In the tunnel she lagged far behind, with a shocking limp.

He'd find himself so far behind that he might lose heart.

And we feel like we have to get far, far away to a secluded retreat, leaving it all behind.

Indian SMEs are not far behind the larger enterprises in OFDI activities.

You've been lagging during the second term.

Although their political representation is gradually increasing, they still lag far behind men.

I'm afraid he's very far behind, and he'll have to make it up.

What, one wonders, are lagging nations waiting for?

Among the G 7 economies, only Italy has done worse than the UK since the Great Recession began. Indeed, the UK s GDP has only just regained its 2008 level, lagging behind even France.

Growth, however, remains uneven, with a small number of developing countries growing rapidly, a larger number showing improved performance, and a third group, in particular the least developed and African countries, lagging behind.

(b) The evaluation and application of impact indicators in the countries concerned is lagging well behind the many other undertakings relating to the conceptual, theoretical and scientific development of indicators embarked upon since 1992.

Despite its determination to become self sufficient by adopting plans for restructuring and upgrading, despite its progress on settling conflicts that have long stood in the way of development in numerous countries, and despite its high priority on the world agenda, Africa is lagging far behind in the timetable for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

And there are other videos that go into far more depth on the intuition behind that.