Example sentences of "trend to [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the variable time between pulse labelling and biopsy , there will be a trend to higher crypt labelling subsequent on cell division over the longer time periods . |
| 2 | In our study , however , although there was a trend to higher prostaglandin concentrations in Helicobacter pylori positive patients with lower levels of mucosal injury this was weak . |
| 3 | A trend to higher fertility is a temporary response to the earlier phases of modernization in recent developing societies too , although for different reasons . |
| 4 | So there is some hope that the gradual trend to wider bank use will be coupled with a trend to more informed and selective credit use . |
| 5 | The amount of delegation depended on the size and staffing of the districts , but there was a clear trend to greater delegation during the 1960s . |
| 6 | In doing so it used the temporary 1951–3 increase in employment of older workers rather than the wider post-war trend to earlier retirement . |
| 7 | It is less persuaded of a trend to earlier retirement but has assumed an average fall in the retirement age of two years by 2010 . |