Sentence examples for prevailing tendency of from inspiring English sources

The findings about progression and duration of pre-invasive lesions do not support the still prevailing tendency of frequently making Pap smears in young women.

Although the popularity of odds ratio over Pearson's correlation in medical statistic points to a prevailing tendency of embracing Yule's view in this field, an attempt to reconcile the two viewpoints has been made [ 16].

In his later critical writings Pater continued to focus on the innate qualities of works of art, in contrast to the prevailing tendency to evaluate them on the basis of their moral and educational value.

Theirs is a celebration of moderate immoderation that clashes with the prevailing tendency to go always to the furthest edge of excess, especially when the subject is weight.

The trouble with holistic medicine, or integrative medicine, is less the holes that can be poked in it by self-proclaimed sentinels of evidence, and more our prevailing tendency to gravitate to diametric poles.

I am sometimes engaged by feminist or post-colonial interpretations of literature, but what I object to is the prevailing tendency to substitute this mindset for one which engages carefully with literary language itself.

"We conclude that the prevailing tendency to ignore dietary cholesterol as a risk factor for coronary heart disease requires reassessment, including the consumption of cholesterol from eggs," the study says.

In so doing, he challenges the prevailing tendency to divide Mexican thought into liberal and positivist stages.

"Our American partners have a prevailing tendency to threaten and increase pressure, adopt ever more sanctions against Syria and against Iran," Mr. Lavrov said.

This science-based approach also counters the prevailing tendency to separately consider (balkanize) 'contaminant' and 'Fe0/H2O interface'.

"The programme has also been able to reverse prevailing tendencies to suspend support for education and other social services in situations of chronic crises, arrested development and deteriorating contexts.