But things in the theatre are good, and that's the result of sustained investment.
And a new set of voluntary guidelines on land tenure was decided by the committee for food security; positive steps that came about in large part as a result of sustained civil society pressure.
"More often than not, effective intelligence — including the effort to find Osama bin Laden — is the result of sustained, collective efforts that spark moments of intuition among a pool of experts and processes, not individual hunches that compel monumental effort," she writes.
Less noticed, and more alarming, is the growing financial clout of places like the Middle East, Russia and Venezuela as a result of sustained high oil prices and their build-up of foreign assets.With America fixated on China, this matter is not widely discussed.
Legitimacy is acquired through a legitimation process which is the result of sustained conscious efforts of different actors.
Ms Jowell said Team GB's winning performances had been "no accident" but the result of "sustained and well-directed investment of public money" since 2005.
Instead, secondary nanocracks do not form ahead of the main crack for the thicker specimens; the main crack extends as a result of sustained grain boundary sliding at the crack tip.
"For a young person, being out of education, employment or training can have major ramifications, including long-term reductions in wages and increased chances of unemployment later in life, as well as social or psychological problems arising as a result of sustained unemployment".
It was the result of sustained activism of a group of fans turned producers and lobbyists.
This shift has been the result of sustained, evidence-supported sexual abuse prevention efforts over many years, coupled with effective intervention and longer prison sentences for offenders.
