However, the net result of these two indirect effects is still positive albeit small.
Re had a consistent positive, albeit small, effect on the C5+ selectivity.
It therefore made sense to encourage five on the basis that this would have a positive, albeit lesser effect".
As the financial crisis wreaked havoc, Bridgewater notched positive, albeit modest, returns in 2008 and 2009.
While business investment has been positive, albeit tepid, in this recovery, job growth has been very strong.
Also, the provision of a social safety net via unemployment benefits has a positive, albeit an indirect, impact on participation.
"Overall, the impact of reform on growth appears to have been positive, albeit much more modest than anticipated," the report says.
Finally, the IRP and bonus premium are especially effective for households that collect the premiums, but we also find positive albeit smaller effects for non-collecting households.
Over the telephone, as he prepared to head up to his constituency, Mr Alexander still sounded very positive – albeit in soundbites that might possibly have been rehearsed.
Against this negative backdrop, it is however possible to see a few positive albeit fragile signs like belief in democracy and shared political concerns across all the religious and ethnic communities.
About a quarter of the House races The Times expects to be competitive in metropolitan areas that are projected by Moody's to have had positive, albeit mostly modest, after-tax personal income growth between 2009 and 2010.
