The pace of change in some areas is quite slow.

The judiciary is being gradually consolidated, albeit at a slow pace.

To me, the pace of political changes is too slow, too gradual.

The representative of China expressed concern regarding the slow pace of the Doha round.

The overall literacy rate in Pakistan has been improving although at a slow pace.

Five years later, we must acknowledge that the pace of progress towards meeting those goals is too slow.

As we can see, the progress made by my country is real, even if its pace is still slow too slow, given the acute needs and problems that exist.

At the December meeting of the Contact Group, donors identified the slow pace of disbursements as perhaps the most significant problem.

While progress has been made over the past decade in getting more children into school, the pace remains far too slow.

Furthermore, the pace of fundraising for peacebuilding programmes is often slow and is not in keeping with the urgency felt on the ground.

Overall, the pace of progress in electoral politics was slow only 13 per cent of the deputies in the national Parliament were women.

They expressed their concern at the slow pace of progress towards nuclear disarmament, which constitutes their primary disarmament objective and remains their highest priority.

Although the Government's White Paper accepted several recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, in principle, the pace of implementation of the recommendations remains slow.

We do not have the right to slow our pace, as has happened in the attempt to create a single United Nations structure to fight terrorism.

Also, refugees and displaced persons still face a desperate predicament, as the slow pace of the returns process is hindering the achievement of the related standard.

In India, which accounts for almost three quarters of this population, the numbers increased from 420 million to 455 million during this period. Besides the slow pace of poverty reduction, human development has not kept up with the pace of income growth, either.

However, given the fact that a study for such a comprehensive review was completed in 1992, the Committee expresses some concern about the slow pace of the review.

Overcoming a shortage of, and high turnover in, personnel, inadequate community participation and the slow pace of utilizing the funds already solicited has proved to be an uphill struggle.

Twenty years after Mikhail Gorbachev launched perestroika, many people have come to lament the slow pace of reform in Russia under President Vladimir Putin. But could it have been otherwise?

Conversely, the slow or delayed redemption of pledges can hinder the pace of implementation, distort the priorities of partner countries and lead to a loss of faith in international support.

The main reason for the slow pace noting that previous presidents had no pace at all is a 2005 law that requires that all measures affecting the labor market first be negotiated in good faith with the trade unions. Naturally, the unions impede negotiations as much as possible.

The main reason for the slow pace noting that previous presidents had no pace at all is a 2005 law that requires that all measures affecting the labor market first be negotiated in good faith with the trade unions. Naturally, the unions impede negotiations as much as possible.

A change of strategy was a big part of the transformation, with Hindes riding a bigger gear to slow him down and allow Kenny and, in particular, Skinner to keep pace.

I don't wear a watch. I switch off my computer, so I can't hear the email pinging into the basket, and I just slow down to his pace and we read.

Will the recovery continue at its frustratingly slow pace? Or will it accelerate as the housing sector rebounds, bank lending expands, household balance sheets improve, and state and local government budgets strengthen?

We are troubled that the pace of implementation is slow, and we urge the specialized agencies and national Governments to continue to cooperate with the Council to ensure full implementation of outcomes.

The unacceptably slow pace of improvements and the partial breakdown of UN processes make it imperative to have overarching strategies to address the flawed paradigms and policies that prevail despite their failures.

However, the combination of the slow pace of electoral preparations and the demands, by most political parties, for a completely new voter register are likely to have an impact on the election date.

Secondly, since the second quarter, with the weakness of the American economy and the influence of Britain's exit from the EU, the Fed has begun to slow down the pace of raising interest rates.

Although the pace of ratification has been slow, we are confident that as the Court enters its judicial phase, there will be a wider understanding and appreciation of its work, leading to wider participation.

MILAN The global economy is settling into a slow growth rut, steered there by policymakers inability or unwillingness to address major impediments at a global level. Indeed, even the current anemic pace of growth is probably unsustainable.

Pace yourself.

(e) The absence of effective and genuine participation of the representatives of the National League for Democracy and other political parties and some ethnic nationality groups in the National Convention and the slow pace of the democratic reform

Hampered by a National Guard with 40 of its people in Iraq, the pace of getting military personnel to the hardest hit areas was inordinately slow. For four days, there was simply no clear center of command and control.

The mission found that the preparations for the elections had been subject to delays and that, unless the current slow pace of implementation was significantly increased, it would not be possible to meet the scheduled date of 30 October.

BERKELEY The United States continues to recover from its deepest economic slump since the Great Depression, but the pace of recovery remains frustratingly slow. There are several reasons to anticipate modest improvement in 2013, although, as usual, there are downside risks.

Empirical evidence has shown that the growth in trade of ICT goods and services has grown at a faster pace than growth in total trade and remains high despite an overall global slow down in the trade of such goods.

His pace was slower.

With regard to disarmament, I should like to underscore the slow pace of disarmament, and the credence and acknowledgement that should be given to the measures being undertaken and the continued commitment to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy under globally agreed conditions.

Slow down.

No one doubts that Germany and most other eurozone members would prefer the single currency to continue. Today s uncertainty concerns whether this preference may be overridden by pressing considerations of national politics, or resentment at the slow pace of reform in certain eurozone countries.

The political costs for the ECB of making this type of mistake could be exorbitant. This is why the ECB must be very prudent as it considers whether to maintain the current pace of rate hikes, in which case it would raise rates by 25 basis points in September, or slow the pace down a bit, in which case the next rate hike would come in October at the earliest.

It's too slow.

It's very slow.

The ECB Picks Up The Pace