21.   Similarly, major trends could be lost because of focusing on minor perturbations, or vice versa.

22.   The current trend is to regard many issues of statutory interpretation as questions of law, or mixed law and fact.

23.   The current trend is towards more part-time employment.

24.   The diachronic evidence shows that, for a century or more, the trend has been towards retraction and backing.

25.   The growing trend is for single mothers to bring up children by themselves.

26.   The latest trend is for home-owners to carry out improvements before selling their properties.

27.   The latest trend is towards a light-reflecting or pearlescent background on vinyls, rather like a more subtle metallic.

28.   The number of cross-tabulations involved is very large, and significant trends are easily lost.

29.   The recent trend is to de-emphasize the classical dichotomy.

30.   The same trends are evident in early childhood education.