Concepts may need to reach a particular state of realisation before being deemed worthy of publication in a peer-reviewed journal, whether this reflects the caution of the author, the inertia of the peer review community or, perhaps, a combination of both.
A separate report prepared for Greenpeace, a pressure group, by consultants at the New Economics Foundation (NEF) considers only genuinely new funding and arrives at a figure of just 0.6%, or £120m.Private-sector caution reflects this official inaction.
My hope is that the minimalist, flat-pack furniture reflects this grave sense of caution.
Barack Obama, reflecting that caution, described the killing as an "act of terror and an act of hate".
Here I think the report is weak and reflects the caution displayed by Ed Balls in his Conference speech and subsequently.
It might, if one wants to be a little critical, have sometimes too much reflected the caution, conservatism and fear of radicalism that pervades Scottish society.
The dearth of jobs reflects the caution of many American businesses when no one knows what will emerge to propel the economy.
The administration's relatively small steps so far reflected the caution toward a new opening with Myanmar, also known as Burma, at a time when some in Congress have suggested that attempts at reconciliation are premature.
And without that, progress is not possible.Why the Tories remain the better betThis may all reflect tactical caution.
Analysts said that recent cutbacks reflect investors' caution about giving money to dot-coms and that companies feel compelled to cut expenses in the wake of disappointing third-quarter earnings reports.
