21.   Even for the next decade or so the effects of recent underlying trends are likely to be incremental rather than seismic.

22.   However, the underlying sales trend is weakening.

23.   In just the same way, the attacks on New York and Washington, however shocking, did not alter the direction of several underlying historical trends.

24.   It is important to separate the underlying trends from the quick fixes of the fashion moment.

25.   Johnson makes a notable effort to link the media circuses with underlying trends in an effort to sift the ephemeral from the enduring.

26.   Other analysts said the underlying trends cannot mask that profits growth is lagging rising costs and further investment will be needed.

27.   The important thing to remember is that spikes do not say anything about the underlying trend in employment.

28.   The underlying trend in prices is still up slightly.

29.   The statistics indicate an underlying trend of steady growth in museum attendance.

30.   The underlying trend of continued heavy investment in information technology, economists say, shows no sign of letting up.