1.   Be brief because the answers are needed only to explore general trends at this stage.

2.   Before looking at this group, I will first consider some general trends.

3.   But I can give you some idea of general trends in your life.

4.   Despite the limitations of the survey, it did suggest some general trends.

5.   Divorce rates in Scotland are following the general trend.

6.   However, quantitative information about general trends simply was not forthcoming.

7.   Nevertheless the general trend indicated is of a Decrease in temperature.

8.   That is not evidence of a general trend.

9.   The first level, which discovers general trends in the forms of wings and beaks, is a case of statistical clustering.