New phases bring new dominant tendencies, but are not to be regarded as self-contained episodes.

Art photography was dominant tendency among amateur photographers during this period.

Memorable writers always have a countertendency pushing their dominant tendency into richer realms.

But the dominant tendency in the interpretations of Lloyd George's career until the mid- 1960s was overwhelmingly critical.

He said, "My understanding of 'leading ideas' is simply that they are the dominant tendencies in each century.

They are marked by the dominant tendency toward change.

But in some eras there is no dominant political tendency.

This is the view encouraged by the dominant federalist tendency in the EU institutions.

He points out that coordination was a dominant tendency, but it was not total.

However this dominant tendency was rather an anti-Germanic and Italian political strategy.