Example sentences of "it tends [to-vb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Although it should not be forgotten that when systems do collapse or explode — like the communist system in Eastern Europe in the late 1990s and early 1990s , or the system of order within Strangeways in 1990 — it tends to happen with great suddenness . ) |
| 2 | the prison system has a tendency to create more problems than it receives and has an equal tendency to fail inmates because , out of its survival fear , it tends to respond to corporate threats , real or imaginary , rather than the real problems of inmates . |
| 3 | Equipment , as it tends to do on most Nissans , runs to a high standard . |
| 4 | Enthusiasm for it tends to wane during economic recessions . |
| 5 | That this unit is relatively ‘ shallow ’ genealogically speaking , i.e. that it tends to consist of two generations only and that for many couples the main tie of commitment and responsibility is the conjugal one . |
| 6 | However , it tends to work for other companies rather than their own , although — not unnaturally — they make use of it . |
| 7 | It tends to present in elderly people , who may not be known to be diabetic . |