Pillay says he has seen significant improvement and is sure the target of five percent transmission rate will be reached.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

There has to be some significant reform of the system,". The budget problems are not unique to Miami.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

But he says a significant number of foreign troops will be needed to help establish and then maintain security in Afghanistan, possibly for decades.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

But a high level of safety can be attained if the public is willing to endure significant inconveniences, according to former CIA analyst Michael Scheuer.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

"Whether or not they blame Karzai for that personally, I think that there is a general sense among significant parts of the population that it may be time for a change.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03

"I think that,because it looks like the top four parties are going to be relatively close to one another, it is going to require a significant amount of political maneuvering, brokering deals, a lot of horse-trading behind closed doors to form a government.

VOA: standard.2010.03.12

"And when people have fears, they are not going to buy and so there's going to be a significant pullback of consumer confidence, pullback of consumer trust in their products, which is going to reach all the way down into their sales,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.28