That is an upward and quite discomforting trend.

Since 2001, regular donor resources have been on an upward trend.

There was no upward trend from 2000 2003.

The upward trend in economic growth figures is encouraging.

That figure represented an upward trend after a period of relative stability in the late 1980s.

We welcome the recent upward trend in disbursing official development assistance (ODA).

The price of fossil fuels, however, is likely to continue to trend upward.

The Chaco has received the only other upward trend score, represented primarily by an increase in its area of soybean production.

Visits to specific sections of the website such as research, training and mainstreaming also increased significantly and have maintained an upward trend.

Likewise, the Reagan Revolution in the US stopped the upward trend in non defense spending.

However, the consequences of the upward trend in immigration remain the subject of heated debate.

Other donor resources for trust funds and cost sharing continue showing a consistently strong upward trend.

UNDP continued its upward trend in delivery with an increase of 17 per cent in 2004 ( 2.8 billion, up from 2.4 billion in 2003).

It's an upward sloping line.

It's an upward opening parabola.

While these efforts are welcom y the Board, there has been an increase in cocaine abuse, as well as an upward trend in heroin abuse in several countries.

These increases were distributed fairly evenly among the social sectors and continue an upward trend initiated in 1989 after a steep decline during the 1980s.

The disease showed an upward trend, both for men and women, but since 2000, the trend has presented a tendency for stabilisation, in the sense that the number of stated new infections per year remains stable.

In all four countries, there has been a sizeable upward trend in government outlays as a share of GDP

What is noticeable, though, is that structural unemployment the unemployment that remains even after economies have recovered has been on an upward trend over the last 25 years.

However, although there has been an upward trend in the proportion of women in managerial and administrative categories, few women have reached the top ranks of corporate management.

In places where home prices have been rising rapidly, the upward trend may continue or level off for a while.

Afterward, the upward trend resumed until 2013, when falling coal use in China resulted in a stalling of emissions growth.

His delegation was also concerned at the upward trend in the Mission's budget, which had reached almost one billion dollars.

4. The results of the study show, with some exceptions, a continued upward trend in utilization over the past 10 years.

Historically, there have been significant variations in the number of new proceedings commenced in a given year, although in recent times there has been an upward trend in the Court's caseload.

43. The main synthetic indicators for the development of the educational system the literacy rate and the average length of schooling have shown an upward trend for a number of years.

The report of the Security Council provides a useful outline of its work throughout the period under consideration, clearly demonstrating an upward trend in the scope and volume of the Council's activities.

However, unemployment has increased from one boom to the next, with the lowest rate in each business cycle following a linear upward trend.

(a) Expansion of its active presence in LDCs, in line with the expected upward trend in the number of LDCs with UNCDF programming.

A member of the Committee indicated interest in understanding the reason behind the upward trend in CFC consumption reported by Ecuador since 2001.

This upward trend, though preceded by a steep decline during the 1980s, has been explicitly linked with the national programme of action process.

And over here, it's still an upward sloping curve, right?

This is certainly an alarming trend.

An upward trend is projected for total planned programme expenditures for 2006 2009, with 2006 especially showing a higher programmatic expenditure level reflecting continuation of relief and rehabilitation expenditures in tsunami affected countries.

95. It is only through such a systematic approach that the existing upward trend of casualties and social and economic disruption will be reversed.

103. After a marked decline of their share in the morbidity pattern in earlier years, gonorrhoea and syphilis are registering a marked upward trend.

The steam bubbles form a geyser pump, causing an upward flow.

It's an upward opening parabola, because this is a positive number.

It's an upward opening parabola, so it looks something like this.

It's not like they're gonna end on an upward panning shot...

But it would be more accurate to say that there is global investment shortfall, with investment trending downwards despite the upward trend in global growth.

Economic growth in Africa is forecast to accelerate to more than 5 per cent in 2005, continuing the upward trend of the previous few years.

The upward trend was registered in all commodity groups of the UNCTAD classification food, tropical beverages, vegetable oilseeds and oils, and minerals, ores and metals.

The policies implemented had transformed UNIDO beyond recognition and had triggered an upward trend in technical cooperation delivery levels since 2000 which was still continuing the Organization had now experienced five consecutive years of growth.