Example sentences of "they tend [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | International comparisons are of relatively little value because they tend to highlight the different priorities and practices of different countries . |
| 2 | I do n't see them very much , they tend to use the back door , and sort of come out and then go down |
| 3 | Eliciting these principles from participants is complex , because they tend to give the prioritized principles . |
| 4 | Speeches like Bob Giles ' are all very well but they tend to obliterate the cool thinking so necessary by those who hold positions of trust . |
| 5 | We make relatively little use of the simpler DTP systems because they tend to obscure the logical/physical distinction and encourage students to invent design elements on a case-by-case basis as they create a document , leading to incoherent and inflexible document structures . |
| 6 | They tend to assert the overwhelming desire for cognitive order , and thus offer an unrealistically cohesive model of cognition itself which ignores the problems of ideology and framing . |
| 7 | They tend to identify the common good with the interests , real or imagined , of their supporters . |