These factors can apply to either reinforcing or punishing consequences.

"It was a sign of progress that Kim personally played a role in reinforcing our efforts," one official said.

The Fed is therefore operating in a situation where global growth is reinforcing itself.

His legacy will be in reinforcing public cynicism about politicians."

Finally, he snagged a couple of pieces of what looked like reinforcing bar.

Plastic turf reinforcing grids can be used to support the increased load.

In this sense, the commercial may be more effective as a means of reinforcing his image than in selling his tax plan.

Work towards streamlining and reinforcing Punjab's economic development effort.

Ramage took the opportunity of reinforcing his objection.

One main focus of this new department is the use of reinforcing and auxiliary materials for the composite-market.

New external aid could jeopardize these diplomatic achievements by reinforcing hardliners on both sides.

The best hope now for architecturally reinforcing the rituals of daily use lies with the practitioners of "green" design.

By not reinforcing Hill 317, Bradley tempted the Germans to keep on pushing west.

Instead she spent the better part of the next two hours reinforcing every shield on the place, then showered and went to bed-But not to sleep.

The two processes are, so to speak, symbiotically related; they are the mutually reinforcing determinants of development.

We must recognize economic development, social development, environmental protection and human rights as mutually reinforcing components of sustainable development.

Steel reinforcing bars embedded in the concrete walls have been twisted into Medusa-like tangles.

The concrete pool is weaker than designed because it was built with improperly shaped steel reinforcing bars, according to the documents.

How to react against Europe and point toward the future without reinforcing the American myth of itself as the new Eden is no easy task.

In giving a market that was already moving upward a big lift today, he seemed intent on reinforcing whatever optimism there is on Wall Street.

He made a political mistake in reinforcing the worst fears of opponents of mayoral control of the schools.

Meanwhile, do you think that you and Paul could start work on reinforcing the front of the gev, while I begin with the electronics?

Cardiff looked long and hard at Rohmer as Duvall drew level, reinforcing his authority.

It is this aspect of the complex - the hotels and camp sites additional to the themed areas - that Disney believes needs reinforcing.

We managed to secure all our demands and as such to preserve the institutional balance of the Union, while reinforcing the control of subsidiarity.

I think they just used someone else to reinforce the situation.

Those national results are reinforced by research in individual states.

The political power of the military in both countries was reinforced.

It was left to others to reinforce some order on the day.

That is true, but they can and should be reinforced.

To reinforce this development is the wrong way to go.

This political education was reinforced in a number of ways.

First, I want the people we have watching him to be reinforced.

The words reinforced the feeling of total control I had over her.

You could even have them vote to reinforce the point.

She also made a point to meet with him there at times, to reinforce his position.

"So they look for ways to reinforce their presence in the world."

Here's a film with no interest in reinforcing what we already know.

"We have to take the town before they can reinforce it."

I deal with this all the time, but I've never had it so reinforced.

The world seems to be reinforcing this point of view.

They are only able to get a few men across to reinforce the British.

It reinforced his sense that he was someone special, yes.

Your article reinforces what I have been thinking all along.

At times, however, the work seemed to reinforce their distance.

It comes down to individual responsibility reinforced by national policy.

These views are reinforced by the economy's most recent experience.

This pressure from within the media was reinforced by other social changes.

They are reinforcing all the time by both air and sea.