1.   Although not the pervasive theme it was in New York, sportswear was indeed a major trend in Paris.

2.   Antigovernmentalism, a pervasive theme in what Gunnar Myrdal has called the American Creed, is not easily overcome in the absence of a foreign enemy.

3.   A pervasive theme of the Republican proposal is to reduce or eliminate adjustments in food stamp benefits that reflect rising costs of food, shelter and other necessities.

4.   All of these were pervasive themes in the recent past.

5.   Dislocation, separation and the quest for spiritual wholeness are pervasive themes in The Deep Green Sea.

6.   Injustice at the behest of law enforcement is its pervasive theme.

7.   Pursuing the World Series should be the pervasive theme, he said, rather than just winning city bragging rights.

8.   Sometimes obviously, sometimes elliptically, the acts and imagery develop a pervasive theme of growth and transformation.

9.   The Bush presidency has so far been defined by its fight against terrorism, but there is another, pervasive theme.

10.   There are more scenes in diners than in beds, and the pervasive theme is the tension over class and dreams of a better life.