51.   On the face of it the trend is encouraging.

52.   The trend of variances is a useful indicator of the likely degree of achievement of the RandD budget.

53.   If the data are plotted as a cumulative graph, a growth trend is apparent.

54.   There was a trend for the multi-national corporations to set up their own courses on a European rather than purely British basis...

55.   The trend will be towards a privatised two tier system similar to the system in the US where health care is big business.

56.   In fact, there was a trend towards a greater likelihood of requiring hepatic transplantation, although this did not reach statistical significance.

57.   At four weeks differences were not significant, but there was a trend in favour of prednisolone.

58.   Overall, however, there was a trend for prednisolone to be more effective than fluticasone propionate.

59.   The trend was not significant in either series.