The phrase "present tendency" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a current trend or pattern in behavior, thought, or actions. Example: "The present tendency among young adults is to prioritize experiences over material possessions."
There is thus some justification for the present tendency to equate "teenager" with "juvenile delinquent".
The book advances a present tendency among art historians to reconsider the Old Masters with reference to the art worlds that allocated wealth and prestige in their times.
The present tendency is for full automation to minimize the need for human intervention and reduce labor costs.
The answer is: "capitalism with Asian values" – which, of course, has nothing to do with Asian people and everything to do with the clear and present tendency of contemporary capitalism to limit or even suspend democracy.
If so, we applaud it, for it is high time the rich got bucked up a little, if only because their present tendency to go underground is a hindrance to commerce.
The present tendency to make better use of manufactured products in service, leads, in the case of welded assemblies, to the need to seek out new design methods, taking into account more specifically their characteristics.
It is not an attractive prospect if present tendencies persist – not least, because the Great Charter is being shredded before our eyes.
Any such schemes must, however, be designed carefully to avoid capture by the regional elites, and counteract the present tendencies towards further concentration of power – a danger particularly acute in the development of advanced next generation biofuels.
One can read Baudrillard's post-1970s work as science fiction that anticipates the future by exaggerating present tendencies, and thus provides early warnings about what might happen if present trends continue (Kellner 1995).
Some improvement in present tendencies could be made by sterilising the feeble-minded".
Gold believed that "science fiction should present possible developments based on present tendencies or trends, to answer in dramatic terms the unstated question: 'What would happen if—?'" An advertisement for the magazine in the first issue compared a science-fiction story and a western.
