Sentence examples for progress in encouraging from inspiring English sources

John Denham, the secretary of state for universities, said: "It is very encouraging to see that we have made good progress in encouraging more students to study challenging subjects such as physics, chemistry and maths.

The report's author, Yong Jing Teow, said: "It is worrying that the UK's progress in encouraging more women into work and closing the gender pay gap has all but ground to a halt since the recession hit.

Johnson has attracted fierce criticism from political opponents and the Campaign for Clean Air in London for slow progress in encouraging electric vehicle use and diesel-electric hybrid buses, and for delaying and fudging measures to bring London's air quality up to the required EU standards.

Soon came Jessica, who is now 6, and then James, 3. By 2004, Antony's injuries had healed, although one leg was an inch shorter than the other, and he will need corrective surgery at 16. His bad dreams had subsided and his parents were making some progress in encouraging him to return to his own bed.

"Let's remember, perfection is the enemy of progress," Mayor Mossar said in encouraging her colleagues not to nitpick their way through the eight pages of rules.

Perhaps the reason, some American and Arab officials say, is that Mr. Bush has come to see that there has been far less progress than he hoped in encouraging wider adoption of democracy in the Islamic world by promoting the examples of emerging movements in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Over the past decade, however, funding has been made available for research into such countermeasures, resulting in encouraging progress on the preclinical level [ 7].

To most outsiders, Norway and Scandinavia in general are beacons of progress in women's empowerment, in encouraging fathers as well as mothers to raise children and in general social welfare.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Munich, seeing progress on encouraging Moscow to be more open about its military exercises that the alliance says are unpredictable.

Health providers working for universities and NGOs also received regular and structured continue education which as described by respondents helped them not only in learning skills but also provided clarity about their job expectations; moreover the structured annual appraisal system also helped in progressing and encouraging health providers to continue with the job.

While recent progress is encouraging, the fashion industry has been slow to innovate in this area.