Sentence examples for continuation of trends from inspiring English sources
This study confirmed the continuation of trends that came to public attention in sociologist Robert Putnam's 2000 book Bowling Alone, which reported a decline in U.S. social capital (his term for social connectedness) in virtually every area people have historically found community.
This could be due to the procyclical relationship between macro-economic conditions and smoking behaviour (ie, hard times lead to less smoking because of lower affordability), or it may simply reflect a continuation of trends already in place prior to the crisis.
Thus, the overall decline in national smoking rates could be either due to the procyclical nature of smoking (ie, recessions are good for health), or it may simply reflect a continuation of trends already in place prior to the recession (ie, national antismoking campaigns, declining social acceptability of smoking, etc).
Although the small populations in these countries are of limited overall significance, the decline is a continuation of trend towards range contraction that has occurred over the last two centuries.
While much of the information highlighted in this report are continuations of trends that have taken shape in earlier years, some of these points are very surprising, and all of this data sheds an important light on how and why we use the internet.
"They are all taking a conservative approach that assumes the continuation of current trends," she said.
In some ways juvenility is a continuation of developmental trends initiated in the embryo.
Dow Jones said the earnings expectation was also upgraded on "the continuation of strong trends during the month of March".
As the Health Foundation observed last week, continuation of these trends is impossible: health spending must rise, funded if necessary by raising the standard rate of income tax.
