1.   It all seems a peculiarly modern phenomenon.

2.   Like social movements, political parties are a modern phenomenon.

3.   The distortion, however, is a modern phenomenon.

4.   This is a modern phenomenon and also related to the growth of modern corporate enterprise.

5.   Family sentiment linked to a particular place is not a modern phenomenon.

6.   The account also exaggerates the extent to which the medicalisation of life is a modern phenomenon.

7.   Modern phenomena, like tall apartment buildings and private companies, make it harder for the authorities to control the lives of ordinary individuals.

8.   The examinations are a modern phenomenon.

9.   The extent of the volatility for any given company is indeed a modern phenomenon.