The exception to that was that more teenagers were working, a change not altogether encouraging if it meant they had left school.

American policy should be aimed at encouraging democratic change in Cuba.

It suggests that the Government has no intention of encouraging political change.

Europeans and Canadians prefer encouraging gradual change through "constructive engagement."

Cultures are internally affected by both forces encouraging change and forces resisting change.

There had been 'an encouraging change in attitude' among some trade union national executive members, 'rank and file'members and others.

It had been an encouraging change from his months of apathy; she had expected to get some use out of him a lot sooner.

The government wants to maintain the system's cherished stability while encouraging change.

But he cautioned, "It is important not to let these encouraging changes, political or military, lull us into a sense of complacency."

Established in 1963 it was given the task of finding ways to review and reform the curriculum by encouraging change within the schools themselves.