Others complain that the city's economic growth has faltered to the point that it is falling further behind its neighbors.

They've decided they're behind their neighbors and want to catch up.

On this matter, as in others, Italians have limped behind their northern European neighbors.

The campaigning has been fairly light on the discussion of issues, even though Indonesia's economic growth falls behind its neighbors and unemployment continues to grow.

Most had forecast that this former British colony would lag behind its neighbors in recovering from the regional crisis.

Compared with his view from the roof, some of the downtown buildings had shot up, while others seemed trying to hide behind their neighbors.

He looked again, and saw that the darkness behind that hill and its neighbors on either side was not quite perfect.

Why is Hackensack so far behind its neighbors?

In fact, it is far behind its neighbors in almost everything related to human development, especially education, the government consultants say.

Critics, however, have pointed out that Lithuania will be an hour behind its Baltic neighbors.