41.   The growing trend towards fitness means more people are reaping the rewards, not only of better health, but a trimmer figure and glowing skin.

42.   Mr Milburn said the new statistics also revealed a disturbing trend towards long-term unemployment.

43.   She said the campaign was calling for a halt to the trend towards privatisation, and more funding to prevent cuts in services.

44.   Mr Stafford Smith is doing his best to reverse the growing trend towards execution and so far he has been very successful.

45.   But he was optimistic about the future and believed that the trend towards a multi-party democracy was now irreversible.

46.   The growing trend towards private toll roads and bridges is directly contrary to our environmental needs.

47.   It does, however, continue a welcome trend towards well-articulated bays, quality materials and expressed lift shafts.

48.   There was also a trend towards adding an earnings-related supplement to previously flat-rate unemployment benefits or moving to entirely earnings-related payments.

49.   Perhaps one of the most important developments of the last few years has been a steady but widespread trend towards protectionism.

50.   Anecdotal evidence suggests the trend towards more U.S. work may continue for at least a few years.