Sentence examples for long-standing trend from inspiring English sources

The split solidified a long-standing trend for Roman Catholics to support the party.

But the erosion of trust in government, which laid the groundwork for the Reagan revolution and the Democratic reaction of the Clinton years, is a long-standing trend.

"We started planning then about how we could get into the conversation" during the 2012 holiday season, he added, and discussions turned to "a long-standing trend, which hit the radar screen for us about three years ago".

William Hague is being blamed for the catastrophe that is about to engulf his party, but in fact he has only trailed a long-standing trend in which the Tories have become increasingly alienated from the rest of society.

Greene takes 50's loss of fear as the latest example of a long-standing trend in American philosophy, echoing Franklin D Roosevelt's 1933 inauguration speech (made during the Great Depression), when he declared that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself".

But this long-standing trend was made worse by the recession; participation in states hit harder by the recession fell more than it did in those less afflicted, according to Christopher Erceg and Andrew Levin of the International Monetary Fund.In theory, a hotter economy should draw some of these workers back into the labour market.

The middle borderland region, traditionally agricultural, has diversified its economy in an attempt to stem long-standing trends of emigration and depopulation.

Their surprisingly readable answers suggest that wise men know better than to try to predict the future.Extrapolating from long-standing trends is easy: computers will get faster, cheaper and more widespread.

Several other long-standing trends have been bucked in recent Derbys, including the old favourite that you cannot win the Derby after a layoff, and Bodemeister has as good a chance as any horse finally to kill off the big one.

Those results are in keeping with long-standing trends in U.S. public opinion, which has consistently sided with Israel, particularly during Middle Eastern wars.

And we'll try to identify things Trump is responsible for rather than long-standing trends that he has fallen in line with, like the wars he inherited or the 240,000 troops stationed across the planet.