1) There are encouraging signs of an artistic revival.

2) The initial response has been encouraging.

3) I received an encouraging response to my advertisement.

4) Encouraging me when I need a shove.

5) Our party believes in encouraging cultural diversity, not diversion.

6) The government has been encouraging individuals to opt out of the state pension scheme.

7) Those figures are mildly encouraging, but we need faster progress.

8) The council is encouraging the development of the property for both employment and recreation.

9) The encouraging news is that typhoid is on the decrease.

10) It's encouraging to receive a favourable report on one's work.

11) From time to time,(http:///encouraging.html) she gave him an encouraging nod.

12) Tax incentives have been very effective in encouraging people to save and invest more of their income.

13) A few encouraging words might provide just the spur she needs.

14) It is encouraging to read that illiteracy is declining.

15) This month's unemployment figures are not very encouraging.

16) Jack threw in the odd encouraging comment.

17) I find what you have said very encouraging.

18) He gave her an encouraging pat on the shoulder.

19) You could try being a little more encouraging!

20) Her face beautified at the encouraging news.

21) Looked at in isolation, these facts are not encouraging.

22) We should be encouraging new ideas, not stifling them.

23) The economics of the project are very encouraging.

24) Building societies are encouraging new borrowers.

25) The overall picture for farming is encouraging.

26) Taken at face value, the figures look very encouraging.

27) The audience's final verdict was encouraging.

28) The government is encouraging the development of small businesses.

29) We were very pleased to hear this encouraging news.

30) The project looks at how we could be more effective in encouraging students to enter teacher training.

1) There are encouraging signs of an artistic revival.

2) The initial response has been encouraging.

3) I received an encouraging response to my advertisement.

4) Our party believes in encouraging cultural diversity, not diversion.

5) The government has been encouraging individuals to opt out of the state pension scheme.

6) Those figures are mildly encouraging, but we need faster progress.

7) The council is encouraging the development of the property for both employment and recreation.

8) The encouraging news is that typhoid is on the decrease.

9) From time to time, she gave him an encouraging nod.

10) The project looks at how we could be more effective in encouraging students to enter teacher training.

11) Tax incentives have been very effective in encouraging people to save and invest more of their income.

12) A few encouraging words might provide just the spur she needs.

13) It is encouraging to read that illiteracy is declining.

14) Jack threw in the odd encouraging comment.

15) I find what you have said very encouraging.

16) Her face beautified at the encouraging news.

17) It's encouraging to receive a favourable report on one's study.

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31) This news is most encouraging.

32) Her face beautified at the encouraging answer.

33) They were encouraging nationalistic sentiment among the students.

34) The coach patted the player on the back and said a few encouraging words.

35) The city council is encouraging jobsharing to make it easier for parents of young children to work.

36) She used her novels as a medium for encouraging political debate.

37) He kept encouraging Rosie to find a place of her own.

38) With an election approaching, both political parties are encouraging voter registration.

39) Early signs are encouraging.

39) Wish you will love and make progress everyday!

40) It was encouraging that he recognised the dangers facing the company.

41) The surge in car sales was regarded as an encouraging pointer to an improvement in the economy.

42) The results have been encouraging enough to merit further investigation.

43) Health officials are encouraging people to spread the word about the benefits of exercise.

44) The prognosis for the future of the electronics industry is encouraging.

45) The signs are encouraging -- but there's a long way to go.

46) The mere fact that they were prepared to talk was encouraging.

47) It's encouraging to receive a favourable report on one's study.

48) The government is encouraging all parties to play a constructive role in the reform process.

49) The store has helped expand the British cheese market by encouraging small dairy farmers.

50) Encouraging people to shop locally is a central plank of his environment policy.

51) Encouraging teacher transfer would not, by itself, integrate the teaching corps.

52) They were accused of encouraging children to rat on their parents.

53) There was a lot of positive feedback which was very encouraging.

54) There are encouraging signs that cold war attitudes are on the way out.

55) The President took care to make encouraging noises about the future.

56) They are encouraging all workers to join the union rather than just taking a free ride on those who do join.

57) The early indications look encouraging.

58) Precedents during the Clinton administration were not encouraging, however.

59) It is encouraging to see his experience recognised internationally.

60) It was an encouraging day for everyone.

61) His condition after the surgery looks very encouraging.

62) Nevertheless there were some encouraging signs.

63) The results have been encouraging.

64) It is functional, and gives very encouraging results.

65) They were encouraging Nigel and Henry with cheerful cries.

66) The results of randomised controlled trials are less encouraging.

67) The encouraging news for Kantner and Palmer is the league in which they will work.

68) I have, however, had an encouraging response from Emlyn Hughes.

69) As he watched her, he set about encouraging that quality in her sculpture.http:///encouraging.html

70) In private and public statements Washington listed five items that could be considered encouraging symbols of a more constructive policy.

71) There are now encouraging signs that just such combined action is being taken.

72) The doctor had some encouraging news -- I would soon be able to walk again.

73) In the name of encouraging creativity, Raskin blessed these outbursts.

74) However even currently available estimates already show encouraging results in the case 2 scenario described above.

75) Recent attention has focused on endoscopic injection with encouraging results.

76) The early signs are encouraging - but there's a long way to go.

77) But their presumptive reasoning has not led to encouraging conclusions.

78) The authority had also accused him of encouraging homosexuality in his religious education lessons.

79) A major development encouraging trade between the advanced countries was tariff cuts.

80) This model will be used to evaluate alternative policies for encouraging economic development in rural Grampian and similar rural areas.

81) I do not agree with his analysis about the Government looking after number one and therefore encouraging people to commit crime.

82) An encouraging voice should always be used, except when you are displeased.

83) Forbes would eliminate all loopholes, including the popular mortgage interest deduction aimed at encouraging home ownership.

84) Zhao was also accused of encouraging the spread of bourgeois liberalization and personal corruption.

85) Major sees hope for improvement Mr. Major said there were encouraging signs that the situation would improve.

86) An encouraging aspect was that each of the three new caps in the squad contributed to the victory.

87) The state of those relations, on Gorbachev's accession, was not an encouraging one.

88) While I did this, I was encouraging her to talk through opinions of her own that ran counter to these discussions.

89) The second hazard is that old bugaboo, moisture, encouraging mildew growth and eventual decay.

90) The teacher has a role in encouraging the pupil to use the aid and in reducing teasing by other pupils.

91) Despite some encouraging economic trends there is as yet no confirmed upturn in activity, and any recovery will be fragile.

92) These parents are notable for encouraging verbal give-and-take, and share with the child the reasoning behind their policy.

93) One encouraging feature of period-instrument performances in recent decades has been a growing concern with reliable and authoritative editions.

94) Despite the encouraging figures, the Chunnel has prompted ferry companies to smarten up their act, and offer better deals.

95) Trials have been encouraging, with a 30-35 percent remission rate in over 200 ovarian cancer patients.

96) Developing a market for it as a fuel is seen as encouraging energy-intensive farm systems.

97) Similarly the choke chain will again tighten, encouraging your pet to walk alongside you.

98) This is aimed at encouraging subscriptions from smaller towns and rural areas where there are no Internet service providers.

99) Mr. Pawsey I thank my right hon. and learned Friend for that extremely encouraging response.

100) In Brussels, the market set an all-time high, topping the record set last Wednesday(/encouraging.html), following encouraging corporate sales reports.

101) It could contribute to encouraging Gingrich to be a less contentious figure.

102) These findings suggest that media coverage did not play an influential role in encouraging people to participate in the Detroit riot.

103) So far the results of our tests have been very encouraging.

104) Wesley Person must bulk up his body and his confidence, but he showed encouraging signs late in the season.

105) Given the limited scale of release in Britain, the results were encouraging rather than commercially viable.

106) Is it responsible to be actively encouraging gay men to use a product that is untested?

107) Every one of them insists our public policies must do a better job of supporting and accommodating and encouraging the family.

108) They could have been even shorter, except encouraging signs have been so hard to come by for the Warriors this preseason.

109) So, far from encouraging sides to run the ball more often, we have the opposite.

110) It hopes to attract foreign investment and technology by liberalising and privatising the industry and encouraging joint ventures.

111) The people of the North, almost desperate for encouraging news, hailed it as a great one.

112) Fantasizing and encouraging myself in this fashion, l arrived at the house.

113) As a way of encouraging them to return, food aid to the refugee camps has been withheld since last summer.

114) The atmosphere in the Institute is always cheerful, busy, encouraging, warm and positive.

115) Surely, the fact that he was out here, calmly taking a holiday, might be an encouraging sign?

116) Indeed, it may well have had the indirect, beneficial effect of encouraging the search for better methods.

117) Bush came in for severe criticism, first for encouraging the coup, then for failing to support it.

118) The ability of speech recognition systems to discriminate words from acoustic information alone is not encouraging.

119) The government did its best to rally public opinion behind the war effort by encouraging public celebrations to commemorate war victories.

120) In these circumstances the public interest in encouraging people to report cases of child abuse has been held to outweigh other interests.

121) It's released a video aimed at encouraging people to take a holiday - in Swindon.

122) The Profitboss encourages unconventional ways of making profit, encouraging his people to be creative and take initiative.

123) From the time of Walpole they developed into a system of encouraging home manufactures and food producers while disadvantaging competitors.

124) Encouraging local councils, assisted by a special budget we have set aside, to introduce pedestrian priority areas and cycle lanes.

125) A variety of studies have introduced capacity utilization variables on the lines of the Capital Stock Adjustment Model, with encouraging results.

126) This was the second time I had been given encouraging news about my progress.

127) What was encouraging this year was that the overall calibre of entries far-outstripped last year's submissions.

128) Over 50 attended the function, but what was so encouraging was the quality of the prospective members that attended.

129) He believes that the medical profession is encouraging Down's babies to die at birth because of ignorance and fear.

129) try its best to gather and build good sentences.

130) It is worth encouraging children to eat something at breakfast because they have high calorie and nutrient needs.

131) Chambers' book nevertheless had a positive effect in encouraging people to think in terms of continuous trends in the development of life.

132) This would change the emphasis from quantity to quality, encouraging people to write more genuinely important works.

133) Since we last met, there have been further encouraging developments.

134) Encouraging the profession to adopt practice management standards invites the same question about the Society itself.

135) The next step is to safeguard these changes by formalizing patients' rights and encouraging the development of self-advocacy movements.

136) These were accompanied, more importantly, by social policies aimed at encouraging early retirement.

137) This encouraging workload is undertaken by Wimpey Alawi from its headquarters and depot at Azaiba on the outskirts of Muscat.

138) San Diego officials are encouraging the building of fiber-optic networks through the City of the Future program, announced earlier this month.

139) I'd had them sussed for ages and had been encouraging them to articulate their growing awareness of their lesbianism.

140) We have further increased diversity by: Giving schools control over their own budgets and encouraging new types of school.

141) The president was supposed to be dissociating himself from the Shah not encouraging him.

142) And the idea of encouraging people to use off peak trains can only be commended.

143) The University is committed to encouraging the use of learning technology in all disciplines.

144) It can even be buried in the ground to prevent wetting the soil surface and encouraging weeds.

145) Jurnet acknowledged the newcomer's presence with a small nod, nothing too encouraging.

146) The old order may not have changed at the front but there are encouraging signs for the future further down the field.

147) This is particularly true in encouraging the admission of mature students, among whom local applicants are viewed especially sympathetically.

148) It is happily served by two old paths for ascent and descent, encouraging a circular walk best done clockwise.

149) They can also help to make exercise opportunities available to their elderly clients by encouraging local recreation facilities to provide special classes.

150) Still, encouraging as such capital outlays are, they pale in comparison with Western investment in neighboring countries.

151) The second course would have been unusual and encouraging - and leadership in the village community would probably have fallen to him.

152) Conversely an admiring glance, a word of praise or an encouraging smile provide rewards for conformity to social norms.

153) The dialogue-based text is ideal for reading aloud in class or for encouraging pupils to act out the stories.

154) This meeting, he realized, was part of some kind of good cop, bad cop balancing act Giuliani was encouraging.

155) He was in the office offering wise counsel, encouraging a forward look a weekend or two before he died.

156) During the time I was bedridden, I spent countless hours writing encouraging letters and praying for others.

157) Mrs. Gorman I thank my hon. Friend for that encouraging news.

158) The Congregation itself is being more selective and encouraging prospective candidates to complete their school education.

159) At other times, of course, they can be encouraging and constructive.

159) try its best to gather and build good sentences.

160) He's been presenting awards aimed at encouraging safety at work, a challenge taken up in Oxfordshire's old folks homes.

161) The picture that began to emerge in the early 1980s was not encouraging.

162) At the beginning of the year they began an advertising campaign encouraging people to save rather than spend.

163) A tactful environmental lobby, a sympathetic farmer and a smattering of goodwill on both sides may continue to produce encouraging results.

164) While not in a heat Jan would be out encouraging the other competitors.

165) White fluorescent light increases the rate of growth of this plant while apparently not encouraging unwanted algae formation.

166) But will the banks not then lower their interest rates, thus encouraging people to borrow?

167) This is also the best advertisement for encouraging kids to take up the game.

168) The star-studded crowd at the Forum broke into applause right away, as if encouraging Hamilton to keep going.

169) There was less encouraging news for Coyle last night; young striker Brian McCarron broke his leg in a freak training accident.

170) Dani Rothschild, issued a decree on June 9 which was aimed at encouraging investment.

171) But hardly had Harry finished imparting this encouraging news when Miriam returned, her face showing deep concern.

172) And, most encouraging, there was no statistically significant difference in drug toxicities or side effects between the two groups.

173) Some programs also are encouraging students to enter four-year colleges who might not have done so in the past.

174) It's encouraging them all to bloody well abuse the system so it is.

175) The group was slow to get off the ground, despite an encouraging article about the group in the Rotherham Advertiser.

176) These are not encouraging recommendations for expanding the role of public opinion in major decision making about affairs of state.

177) The Government has announced it will appoint a civil emergencies adviser with a small team geared towards encouraging multi-disciplinary planning.

178) A number of the big breweries have recently made encouraging moves towards a more sympathetic attitude to their historic pubs.

179) Instead, manufacturers are encouraging us to buy faster machines with more storage capacity and better displays.

180) After all, fanatic ayatollahs and born-again Christians eager for the Rapture set no encouraging example.

181) In retrospect he criticized one of his old drawing masters for encouraging students to copy from photographs.

182) Male speaker It's been an encouraging response, quite a few people remember seeing him here.

183) From April, child benefits are to be raised in the hope of encouraging parents to produce a few more babies.

184) Encouraging parents to attend school assembly on a regular basis.

185) Popular magazines now broach the subject of mental illness, while the government is encouraging research into mental health.

186) There has been an encouraging response since the club advertised a few days ago.

187) She gave Wade an encouraging smile, filled their cups, and turned back to the kitchen.

188) There are some encouraging signs that they may benefit from rigorous application of competition policy.

189) For one thing poor countries produce similar commodities, and encouraging them to increase their exports has flooded the market.

189) try its best to collect and make good sentences.

190) The task of establishing and encouraging national cultural activities was pursued with some vigour by the new ministry.

191) Because men have been taught to value independence, they betray no one by encouraging it in their children.

192) The genuine protestors were joined by outside agitators, intent on encouraging violence.

193) BIndustry spokesmen argue that encouraging widespread use of unconnected phones would lead to mischief and abuse.

194) There is at least some encouraging news for him on this front.

195) Mr Spicer also plans to look into ways of encouraging better communication between police forces and local authorities.

196) It promotes self-monitoring by encouraging children to use the group as well as the teacher as their point of reference.

197) Feed on a healthy diet of positive, encouraging, hopeful thoughts.

198) The early signs were not encouraging, especially when he missed a tackle on De Wet Barry.

199) The surge in commercial vehicle production was regarded as a particularly encouraging pointer to an improvement in the economy.

200) Meanwhile, the development of city centres for business and commercial use is encouraging increased traffic.

201) A recently proposed federal ban on feeding animal protein to animals is encouraging, writes Rhodes, but has too many loopholes.

202) These encouraging results in pilot studies required confirmation in prospective and randomised trials.

203) It is encouraging that Gore's television ads have not trimmed to the right.

204) There are one or two more encouraging signs in the economy now.

205) Although she enjoys the aesthetic value of wild flowers, her reason for encouraging their widespread growth is principally scientific.

206) It does moral damage by encouraging prejudice within children regardless of their color.

207) There is clearly a fine line between stifling government intervention and encouraging creativity and innovation.

208) It is encouraging that the National Union of Journalists has now inserted an anti-ageist clause into its code of conduct.

209) Education Secretary John Patten believes the ￡1.4 million venture will raise standards by encouraging parents to demand more from schools.

210) Currently, China adopts a legislative policy encouraging derivative action.

211) He's able to trot out some encouraging numbers.

212) 1When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples and, after encouraging them, said good-by and set out for Macedonia.

213) Republic of Turkey Prime Ministry Investment Support and Promotion Agency (ISPAT) is the official organization for encouraging and promoting investment in Turkey.

214) Initial impressions based on a preproduction version of the system—called CUE, for Cadillac User Experience—are encouraging.

215) One major error was not encouraging the production of consumer goods, another was the misuse of workers' abilities.

216) The Chinese Communist Party has fine tradition in opposing corruptness and encouraging incorruptness .

217) Distributist and subsidiarist ideas, encouraging guilds and associations, flourished for a time in 1920s Italy in the form of Mussolini's early corporatism.

218) She was understanding and encouraging, and let me give her my speech one-on-one, and the next time I had to give a speech, I did much better.

219) In dried-up rivers, fish can survive by moistening each other with saliva. We can also get through these difficulties by encouraging each other.

220) A father from the evacuated village of Itate says his child's initial checkup Sunday was encouraging.

221) We improved our policy to stimulate and expand employment by encouraging business startups, and enforced the minimum wage system.

222) The owner of a goat rescue organization in Washington D.C. is encouraging people to send recycled Christmas trees because the animals find them rather delicious, AP reported.

223) It's encouraging to bear in mind that, for most Linux users, the expectation from beta software is generally tempered by a reasonable expectation of finding--and more importantly, reporting--bugs.

224) But the trend lines for the open ad-supported side of the commercial content Web are not encouraging.

225) Much was made last season about Kobe's switch from berating to encouraging teammates, but he seems to be taken even the next step this year.

226) "AGOA also promotes economic cooperation and trade among the countries of sub-Saharan Africa by encouraging intraregional trade among AGOA beneficiary countries," Liser said.

227) Homogamy The condition in flowers in which the anthers and stigmas ripen at the same time, so encouraging self-pollination.

228) Conclusion This study emphasizes the importance of providing training on leprosy to the doctors in dermatologic clinics while continuously encouraging their involvement in leprosy control.

229) His voice was often heard calling the three mast-head look-out men, and encouraging them to sing out for anything they saw.

230) Capello is aware of the sensitivity surrounding the issue and will not act ' immorally ' by encouraging Almunia, who has never represented Spain at any level, to switch nationality.

231) He also said he expects the U.S. government's stimulus plans to begin encouraging customers' discretionary spending, and forecast a weaker dollar to provide tailwind.

232) Encouraging system construction of scientific research in higher education aims to effective impacts under fully consideration of infection factors, which is verified through input-output analysis.

233) I did not know Saint John, but the interview had been encouraging.

234) Judging from history development, the price cartel has experienced the period of liberty developing, the government encouraging, strictly supervised and restricted.

235) Orders for new planes here are encouraging for commercial aviation, but with countries across Europe announcing cuts in defense spending, the future for military aviation does not look as bright.

236) In this paper, the retrieval approaches using the shape and texture features of lacework are studied and some encouraging experimental results are got.

237) Speaking on the subject of hotel performance, keynote speaker Paul Southey, vice president Asia Pacific, TravelCLICK Inc. shared some encouraging news for the ASPAC region.

238) The government has promised to jump-start the plan by encouraging agencies to use it for everything from taxes and veterans benefits to reserving campsites at national parks.

239) This has an upward spiraling effect, encouraging more neighborliness and more small acts that create attractive social places.

240) It is encouraging Chinese farmers to value their womenfolk more highly.

241) Nicosia continues to oppose EU efforts to establish direct trade and economic links to north Cyprus as a way of encouraging the Turkish Cypriot community to continue to support reunification.

242) Although the development of oil sand is faced with kinds of challenges, its future is encouraging.

243) Dr Michael Ussher who led the team from St George's University of London, said: "These results are very encouraging."

244) The report also shows that an EU art tax due to be extended in the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands and Austria next year risks further damaging those markets by encouraging vendors to sell elsewhere.

245) And poetry exercises this muscle by encouraging figurative language providing a sounding ground for your ideas, feelings, reminiscences by putting them into a concrete perspective.

246) In the first half year, economy has increased rapidly, and the situation is encouraging.

247) Join us to send a chain mail to your friends, relatives and invite them to forward the letter to anyone they know, encouraging them to visit Hong Kong.

248) The study vindicates those parents favouring the less-is-more, "cry-it-out" method of encouraging infants to sleep through the night.

249) Thirdly, encouraging kind-hearted religious activities to enhance moral heteronomy and self-actualization.

250) The removal of these particlesbysettling requires reduction of this energy barrier by neutralizingtheelectric charges and by encouraging the particles to collide witheachother.

251) European benchmark Brent crude this month switched to contango, meaning prompt crude is cheaper than oil for later delivery,(http:///encouraging.html) encouraging traders to build stocks further.

252) Japanese official says there is no evidence the Chinese government has been encouraging fishermen to behave provocatively.

253) Let the government take steps by encouraging virtues, not discouraging vices.

254) "Little Monsters, show your support for Japan with this 'We Pray For Japan' wristband!" her website said, encouraging her fans to donate.