21.   He wanted to encourage the growing tendency towards democracy in the continent.

22.   In recent years, this country has witnessed a growing tendency in this regard, with the result that people have been hurt by news reports.

23.   Kellner speaks to a fear in Hollywood that the growing tendency of networks to align themselves with production houses will restrict the free marketplace of programming.

24.   One is the growing tendency by Washington to engage in unilateral actions to impose its will on others.

25.   She said there is a growing tendency among Taiwanese women to marry Western men, because they are thought to give their spouses more freedom.

26.   The report said the figures were partially a result of the growing tendency of Japanese women to marry later in life and wait longer to have children.

27.   There is a growing tendency to read the anti-globalization protest exclusively through the lenses of the past.

28.   Western experts on Islam, as well as Muslims, worry there is a growing tendency to link the Islamic faith with terrorism.

29.   Yegor Gaidar, the former prime minister who broke with Yeltsin over Chechnya, said he warned Clinton of a growing tendency in Russia toward confrontation.

30.   However, despite the increase in executions, Amnesty noted a growing tendency for countries to abolish capital punishment.