But since blanket grade inflation rather than a shift to easier ones is the main force at work, this would have little effect.
The main force behind this resolution, which was sponsored on its behalf, is the 57 members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
To suggest that Wirathu is the main force behind anti-Muslim propaganda is to overstate his influence and underestimate how dispersed the ideas he espouses are.
Consumer spending is the main force keeping the U.S. economy growing.
The main force behind the project is Rungwe Kingdon, who runs the largest bronze foundry of its kind in Europe, together with his wife, Claude Koenig.
But the main force at her disposal is publicity.
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At a conference convened last August by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas, Dennis Snower, professor of economics at Birkbeck College in London, suggested that the main force behind income inequality might be changes in the way companies are organised.
NATO, relying heavily on American forces, launched air strikes to stop Milosevic, and received crucial assistance from the Kosovo Liberation Army, the main rebel force in the region.
For the 500 delegates the question was not when the SPD would get back in, but whether it would survive as the main political force on the left.
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South Africa is the main driving force behind the idea for the new cross-hemisphere tournament.
The positive trade balance was "once again the main driving force for economic growth in Germany".
PRI, the other main force, will extract a high price for its backing.
Calvin Worth, commander of 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, the main assault force.
Now 73, he has often said that the pursuit of wealth is no longer the main driving force in his life.
France's forces have performed well in Congo before, but its government has awkward relations with Rwanda, which backs the main rebel force.
Briggs was getting quite old, Isabel Myers was the main driving force.
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The "main force" of 3, 500 - 4, 000 soldiers from a number of NATO nations is expected to be in place within 10 days.
The main driving force behind this estimate is the Chinese market.
Keiser is also the main financial force behind Cabot Links, a true oceanside links, designed by Rob Whitman, on a remote strand in northern Nova Scotia.
At age 11, Jal and a handful of other child soldiers broke from the main fighting force, escaping from the city of Juba to a town called Waat.
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Specifically, the main driving force behind the Widower's heat is 20 Infinity chilis, which were developed by a Grantham man named Nick Woods who grew the record-breaking strain completely by accident.
It is ironic that competition through innovation by oligopolists may be the main driving force of growth and higher living standards, since oligopolies are often seen as a threat to the public interest and as a target for antitrust action.
Meanwhile, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) - the main rebel fighting force - condemned the seizure of the UN observers.
The unit served in the force's main operating base Price, in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand Province.
As long as the use of force was not considered imminent, the differences between the Soviet Union and the United States were easily glossed over or obscured by the novelty of those points on which they were in agreement....Now that the main issue is whether to use force, the nuances can no longer be hidden.
Ideally, says a report prepared for an upcoming meeting on charities and terrorism under the auspices of the Financial Action Task Force, the world's main anti-money-laundering body, charities should document employees, projects and possible donors, as well as running field audits to ensure that money has not gone astray.
NATO, for its part, insists on forming the main component of any peacekeeping force.
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Economic slowdowns overseas, meanwhile, are expected to crimp demand for U.S. exports, which has been a main force keeping the economy afloat.
The main innovation is the Swap Force figures.
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