That was about all it could be, to account for the slow increase.

The focus, he said, had been on the slow increase in job growth and the fact that the economy would not accelerate too quickly.

Rising book costs are expected to slow increases in the total number of books sold.

So did the slight but slow increase in such peacebreaking.

They included a slower increase for the defence budget.

The same small numbers and slow increase in them can be seen in the services of the other major powers.

This slow increase will give your body time to adjust to the extra fluids.

But given China's high economic growth rate, the energy efficiency program would, at best, slow increases in emissions rather than reduce them.

The Republican assertion is, of course, that there are no cuts being made, only slower increases.

We have had slower increases in yields and increasing global consumption.

The key is consistency and a slow increase in speed and distance.

The numbers are still on a slow increase.

The earnings performance of Exxon and other oil companies reflected the slow increase in crude prices, which were at a low last summer.

The emphasis on new public spending also reflects a slow increase in support for some government programs after the sharp cutbacks of the 1980's.

Moreover, the fleet could also follow them despite their slow increase in speed to the Venture 's maximum.

For long moments, he waited for the slow increase of the current to reveal its destination.

Morning came, a slow increase of brightness rising out of the gully.

Slow Increase in Humor Oddly enough, the show began as a music program.

Only afterward did Bolivia begin a slow increase in coca eradication.

Among the notable successes is Maryland's decade-old effort to slow increases in hospital costs.

"We're seeing a very slow increase in demand.

Dr. Tannehill came away from the meeting thinking the cause was due to a slow increase in the radiation of the sun.

Can the continuing slow increase in worldwide temperatures touch off abrupt climate upheavals?

Mr. Hackworth said that slow increase in production reflected the time needed to train a second shift of workers.

"Given the millions of dollars spent on Aids research, this very slow increase in data accumulation is striking - especially with so many lives at risk."