This made the rulers of the Arab nations very rich though the socioeconomic development in that region lagged behind.

Their development has lagged in the city because of high land costs and tight regulations.

The baby's development lagged because his mother was depressed.

Economic development in the West lagged behind that in the eastern part of the nation.

He also claimed that development was lagging and weight had increased to offset performance.

Technology research and development of counterterrorism devices lag behind terrorists' activities.

In practice, this will allow us to discharge our responsibility towards future generations and the countries whose development is lagging behind.

These regulations and rules will help them build up infrastructure, the development of which has lagged behind due to underfunding.

In spite of what has been achieved, there are still regions whose development is lagging behind.

They must believe their own development of paranormal abilities was merely lagging behind his.