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Low- and middle-income countries lag behind high-income countries in terms of the number of bank branches, ATMs, and POS terminals.
Les pays à faible revenu et à revenu intermédiaire ont moins de succursales de banques, de GAB et de TPV que les pays à revenu élevé.
© 2010 par le Groupe consultatif d’aide aux populations les plus pauvres/Groupe de la Banque mondiale
© 2010 by the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor/The World Bank Group
By way of derogation from paragraph 1 licence applications for a quantity not exceeding 22 tonnes of products of CN code 0201 or 0202 shall not, at the applicant's request, be subject to the five-day time lag.
Par dérogation au paragraphe 1, les demandes de certificats portant sur une quantité inférieure ou égale à 22 tonnes de produits et relevant des codes NC 0201 et 0202 ne sont pas soumises, sur demande de l'opérateur, au délai de cinq jours.
Section 24(2) serves to ensure that, in the application and enforcement of our laws, our constitutional values neither run too far ahead nor lag too far behind our basic values as a society.
Le paragraphe 24(2) sert à assurer que, dans l'application de nos lois, il n'y ait pas un trop grand décalage entre nos valeurs constitutionnelles et nos valeurs fondamentales comme société.
A reduction in the time lag between data collection and data release would also increase the usefulness of the existing data.
De plus, une diminution du délai entre la collecte des données et la communication de ces dernières rendrait plus utiles les données existantes.
© 1996-2010, Institut canadien d'information sur la santé (ICIS)
© 1996-2010, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).
As if, after a great time lag, these comedies had gone astray, been washed up by the flow of days onto some deserted shore, and waited for long years to come sailing along at last, one after the other.
Comme si, à la suite d'un gigantesque décalage de temps, ces comédies s'étaient égarées, avaient été rejetées par le courant des jours sur quelque rive déserte, attendant de longues années pour déferler enfin, l'une après l'autre.
Makine, Andrei / Once Upon The River LoveMakine, Andrei / Au temps du fleuve Amour
Au temps du fleuve Amour
Makine, Andrei
© 1994 by Editions du Felin
Once Upon The River Love
Makine, Andrei
© 1998 by Geoffrey Strachan
© 1994 by Editions du Felin
As a result, average economic growth between 1991 and 1997 lagged much behind other industrialised countries.
En conséquence, entre 1991 et 1997, le rythme moyen de la croissance économique est resté bien inférieur à celui d'autres pays industrialisés.
Schuknecht, Ludger,Finger, K. MichaelSchuknecht, Ludger,Finger, K. Michael
huknecht, Ludger,Finger, K. Michael
Schuknecht, Ludger,Finger, K. Michae
© Organisation mondiale du commerce, 1999
www.wto.org 3/5/2010
huknecht, Ludger,Finger, K. Michael
Schuknecht, Ludger,Finger, K. Michae
© World Trade Organization 1999
www.wto.org 3/5/2010
That could hardly be, she knew, until an hour past midnight; but in the country silence, which did anything but calm the trouble of her thoughts, time lagged wearily.
Il ne pouvait guère rentrer, elle le savait, avant une heure du matin ; mais dans le morne silence de la campagne, peu propre à calmer l’agitation de son esprit, le temps lui parut bien long.
Dickens, Charles / Hard TimesDickens, Charles / Les temps difficiles
Les temps difficiles
Dickens, Charles
Hard Times
Dickens, Charles
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
For example, Canada's Aboriginal population lags behind the rest of the population in several important areas, such as health and socioeconomic status.
Par exemple, la population autochtone du Canada accuse un retard par rapport au reste de la population en ce qui concerne plusieurs domaines d'importance, comme la santé et le statut socio-économique.
© 1996-2010, Institut canadien d'information sur la santé (ICIS)
© 1996-2010, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).
But the one-eyed man was growing impatient; giving a push to Mourgue, who was lagging behind, he growled: "Get along, do; I don't want to be here all night."
Mais le borgne s’impatientait; il poussa Mourgue, qui se faisait traîner, il gronda: «Allez donc, je ne veux pas coucher ici.»
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
Whereas regions whose development is lagging behind should be defined as those whose per capita GDP is less than 75% of the Community average;
considérant qu'il y a lieu de définir les régions en retard de développement comme celles dont le produit intérieur brut (PIB) par habitant est inférieur à 75 % de la moyenne communautaire;
But the rapidity of the advance had meant that Soviet supply lines lagged behind. They needed to be assembled across the wrecked transport routes of a battered Poland.
Mais, du fait de la rapidité de l'avancée, les lignes de ravitaillement soviétiques avaient pris du retard, d'autant qu'elles devaient emprunter les routes détruites d'une Pologne dévastée.
Kershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 NemesisKershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 Némésis
Hitler. 1936-1945 Némésis
Kershaw, Ian
© Ian Kershaw, 2000.
© Flammarion, 2000, pour la traduction franсaise. Edition revue, 2001.
Hitler. 1936-1945 Nemesis
Kershaw, Ian
© 2000 by Ian Kershaw
We come to a wide depression in the land, I in front and Poterloo lagging behind, his head confused and heavy with thought as he tries in vain to exchange with inanimate things his glances of recognition.
Nous arrivons, moi en avant et Poterloo qui, la tête brouillée et alourdie de pensées, se traîne derrière, essayant vainement d’échanger des regards avec les choses, a une dépression de terrain.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
The Committee recognized that the risk assessment of microbiological risk was lagging behind that of chemical risk.
Le Comité a reconnu que l'évaluation des risques microbiologiques accusait un certain retard par rapport à l'évaluation des risques chimiques.
© FAO et OMS 2011
© FAO and WHO 2011
Just as Clotilde was taking him off to settle the other matter, Duveyrier, who had lagged behind with Leon and Bachelard, arrived, walking painfully.
Au moment où Clotilde l'emmenait, pour arranger l'autre histoire, Duveyrier, resté en arrière avec Léon et Bachelard, arriva péniblement.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Exhaust pipes must be suitably lagged, insulated or cooled.
Les tuyaux d'échappement doivent être convenablement calorifugés, isolés ou refroidis.

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lag behind
avoir du retard sur
jet-lag
décalage horaire
lag behind
laisser distancer
lag behind
rester en arrière
lag behind
se laisser distancer
leads and lags
termaillage

Word forms

lag

verb
Basic forms
Pastlagged
Imperativelag
Present Participle (Participle I)lagging
Past Participle (Participle II)lagged
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I lagwe lag
you lagyou lag
he/she/it lagsthey lag
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am laggingwe are lagging
you are laggingyou are lagging
he/she/it is laggingthey are lagging
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have laggedwe have lagged
you have laggedyou have lagged
he/she/it has laggedthey have lagged
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been laggingwe have been lagging
you have been laggingyou have been lagging
he/she/it has been laggingthey have been lagging
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I laggedwe lagged
you laggedyou lagged
he/she/it laggedthey lagged
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was laggingwe were lagging
you were laggingyou were lagging
he/she/it was laggingthey were lagging
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had laggedwe had lagged
you had laggedyou had lagged
he/she/it had laggedthey had lagged
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been laggingwe had been lagging
you had been laggingyou had been lagging
he/she/it had been laggingthey had been lagging
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will lagwe shall/will lag
you will lagyou will lag
he/she/it will lagthey will lag
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be laggingwe shall/will be lagging
you will be laggingyou will be lagging
he/she/it will be laggingthey will be lagging
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have laggedwe shall/will have lagged
you will have laggedyou will have lagged
he/she/it will have laggedthey will have lagged
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been laggingwe shall/will have been lagging
you will have been laggingyou will have been lagging
he/she/it will have been laggingthey will have been lagging
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would lagwe should/would lag
you would lagyou would lag
he/she/it would lagthey would lag
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be laggingwe should/would be lagging
you would be laggingyou would be lagging
he/she/it would be laggingthey would be lagging
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have laggedwe should/would have lagged
you would have laggedyou would have lagged
he/she/it would have laggedthey would have lagged
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been laggingwe should/would have been lagging
you would have been laggingyou would have been lagging
he/she/it would have been laggingthey would have been lagging
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am laggedwe are lagged
you are laggedyou are lagged
he/she/it is laggedthey are lagged
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being laggedwe are being lagged
you are being laggedyou are being lagged
he/she/it is being laggedthey are being lagged
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been laggedwe have been lagged
you have been laggedyou have been lagged
he/she/it has been laggedthey have been lagged
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was laggedwe were lagged
you were laggedyou were lagged
he/she/it was laggedthey were lagged
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being laggedwe were being lagged
you were being laggedyou were being lagged
he/she/it was being laggedthey were being lagged
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been laggedwe had been lagged
you had been laggedyou had been lagged
he/she/it had been laggedthey had been lagged
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be laggedwe shall/will be lagged
you will be laggedyou will be lagged
he/she/it will be laggedthey will be lagged
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been laggedwe shall/will have been lagged
you will have been laggedyou will have been lagged
he/she/it will have been laggedthey will have been lagged

lag

noun
SingularPlural
Common caselaglags
Possessive caselag'slags'