trend

• trend towards

  In fact, the opposite has been the case with a trend towards ethnic consolidation.

• general trend

  Spain's figure of 677 lost days is an 11pc increase, against the general trend.

• upward trend

  Even so, the upward trend in direct sales extends to software, and you are increasingly likely to be able to buy accounting software by mail order.

• grow trend

• buck the trend

• downward trend

  By 1939, the downward trend in the Italian birth rate was again apparent.

• trend in recent

  A healthy trend in recent scholarship has been to avoid the old tendency to make excessive claims concerning the role of either the United States or Britain in the creation of Nato.

• rise trend

• current trend

  As far as I understand there is not real move to do anything about the current trend for teams to kick the ball from 22 to 22.

• trend away

  This is all part of a trend away from the narrow specialization of the past and towards the offering of a wider and wider range of services.

• trend is towards

  The game is going to be TV-driven in the future, and rightly so when the worldwide trend is towards seated stadiums with reduced capacities.’

• trend toward

  In fact, the opposite has been the case with a trend towards ethnic consolidation.

• trend of recent

  The 1990/91 budget, which was outlined by Suharto on Jan. 4, 1990, and which took effect in April, departed from the general trend of recent years.

• recent trend

  Moreover, colour selection within a breed is a very recent trend and even in the late nineteenth century there was often a wide tolerance of colours in the breeds.