1.   By comparing a series of annual reports the chances of seeing the underlying trends are so much greater.

2.   Even so, the underlying trend is positive.

3.   In such situations, smoothing aims to remove the error component and leave the underlying true trend.

4.   The annual report artificially parcels up the underlying economic trends into years.

5.   The great underlying trend in worker psychology is a sense that the only one you can depend on is yourself.

6.   The underlying rising trend that existed before the introduction of the contract was, however, maintained.

7.   The underlying trend is for rich economies to get richer.