As well concrete improvements were made.

Since then, there has been little concrete improvement in areas like test scores and graduation rates.

Blake however believes that these efforts are "aimed more at improving Sri Lanka's image abroad and have yet to produce concrete improvements".

He added that concrete improvements had been made in that field, especially in Bulgaria.

The judge, however, approved the conversion of only three offices, saying he wanted to be sure that the city's plan had resulted in concrete improvements.

European officials have emphasized that that they want China to make "concrete" improvements on human rights.

This year we are already trying out concrete improvements in our procedures, notably in the calls for proposals.

A number of such concrete improvements have been identified and were endorsed by the Ecofin Council last May.

The core of this item for me is how to achieve concrete improvements in the situation in Tibet.

We cannot continue normal relations unless concrete improvements are made in Russia.