upward tendency

With decreasing costs and an improving technology, a further upward tendency can be expected.

All services should have an upward tendency.

The road had no longer an upward tendency; at all events, if it had, it was not to be made out very clearly.

"Why, that the needle instead of dipping towards the pole as it does on earth, in the northern hemisphere, has an upward tendency."

Kaliningrad's economic indicators are mainly negative and still show no definite upward tendency.

The most vocal opponents of the upward tendency in pitch were singers, who complained that it was putting a strain on their voices.

But about ten this upward tendency became so evident, and therefore so fatiguing, that I was obliged to slacken my pace.

Not without difficulty Hans succeeded in lighting the torch; and the flame, preserving its upward tendency, threw enough light to show us what kind of a place we were in.

"Rising oil and energy prices, a still-firm economy settled in a 'full-employment zone,' rising industrial commodity prices and a lower dollar all will impart an upward tendency on inflation," he said.

Based on the economic reforms, Georgian economy has been diversified showing an upward tendency with average 10% of annual GDP real growth in 2004-2007 and reached the highest level - 12.3 percent in 2007.

His Majesty the Sultan has already sent in large orders for his new harem, which will be finished within a fortnight, and this has naturally strengthened the market and given Circassian stock a strong upward tendency.

I soon was able to perceive that the upward tendency of the water was irregular; now it diminished in intensity, and then, suddenly, it regained new vigor, which I attributed to the variation of the pressure of the accumulated vapors in its reservoir.