Sentence examples for sustaining a trend from inspiring English sources

Overall crime in New York City declined by 7percentt during the first four months of this year, compared with a year earlier, sustaining a trend that started more than a decade ago when Raymond W. Kelly, the current police commissioner, first held that job, under Mayor David N. Dinkins.

"These enhanced capabilities have given rise to and will sustain a trend in which China's war-fighting strategies increasingly favor coercive over annihilative approaches," the report said.

Our study showed that the implementation of pay for performance had neither an immediately discernible (a level change) nor a sustained (a trend change) effect on the rate of blood pressure monitoring and control, despite these being among the compensated pay for performance measures.

But they won the rebounding battle by 53-40, sustaining a series-long trend in which the rebounding winner won every game.

Even with the network's operatives in Pakistan under siege, Al Qaeda's wings in Yemen, North Africa and even Iraq have had little difficulty sustaining a wave of violence, a trend that is likely to continue well after Mr. Libi's death, officials said.

Being on-trend is key in sustaining a look that's admired, and with a Facebook page of over 5 million likes, Minnie's ownership of fashion throughout distinct style periods may have something to do with her popularity.

The ongoing twin epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus provide a groundswell source for sustaining this trend for the foreseeable future (increasing the prevalence of CVD by 2 4 times), unless radical changes are made in public health policy.

The figure is lower than for the year to May 2012 when it was 1747, so it's valid to ask if we're seeing a temporary increase or a sustained upward trend.

The more important point is that unemployment has been on a sustained downward trend.

But others say it is folly to propose lengthening the potentially destructive travel season amid a sustained warming trend.

"Looking at the international and domestic economic situation, currently there is no basis for a sustained depreciation trend for the yuan," it said.