1.   But the signs are that the upward curve is levelling out.

2.   On the upward curve over the first down the lorry was forced to a crawl.

3.   Scorch Marks along the bamboos showed that they had been heated in fire to give the characteristic upward curve of the bow.

4.   But they are moving on an upward curve.

5.   Fame for Oscar had followed a steadily upward curve.

6.   His football career has been an upward curve.

7.   In Chicago, Vallas will leave a legacy of balanced budgets, modernized school buildings, and an upward curve on the testing charts.

8.   Life is good, following a steadily upward curve.

9.   Nor was the steadily upward curve of the Hepburn movie career dependent upon the Tracy connection.

10.   The expansion of biological variety has been on an upward curve since then.