21.   Beutel said with regional disparities in demand growing, companies whose operations are spread out across the United States can be more responsive to shortages or spikes.

22.   Beutel said with regional disparities for demand growing, companies whose operations are spread out across the United States can be more responsive to shortages or spikes.

23.   However, regional disparities tended to drag the overall average down.

24.   The country nonetheless has been obliged to import growing quantities of wheat, rice and corn to compensate for regional disparities between supply and demand.

25.   The within-state regional disparity is extremely high.

26.   There were vast regional disparities, however.

27.   This poverty is accompanied by severe regional disparities.

28.   While the Centre could be berated for doling out insufficient funds, the states need to be criticised for not using them in a way that reduces regional disparities.

29.   In addition, regional economic disparities are growing with the urban standard of living four or five times higher than in the impoverished western provinces.

30.   Despite progress in child education and health care China still faces severe regional disparities and a failure to effectively curb infant malnutrition, officials said Friday.