Example sentences of "tend [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They tend to fall within a broad category of exploitation , a genre characterised by a simplistic ethos of violent action . |
| 2 | They also have broad noses and sideways facing nostrils , and tend to sit in a hunched position when at rest . |
| 3 | Tubifex is collected by scooping up the mud patch containing the worms , and then washing the mud away to leave clean worms which tend to gather in a tight ball . |
| 4 | Rule-based parsers tend to work on a sentential basis which appears to be too much delay for users . |
| 5 | Here users tend to come from a wide variety of backgrounds , and press for an equally wide range of requirements . |
| 6 | Although both groups tend to appear as a limited disease , most cases being in stage I-IIE , the morphohistological subtype seems to be a decisive factor in dissemination , as only one case ( 5% ) of low grade/mixed grade compared with 20% of the patients with high grade were classified as stage IV . |
| 7 | Target-oriented programmes tend to concentrate on a small number of permanent or semi-permanent methods ( sterilisation or IUD ) to minimise dropout rates . |
| 8 | They can advise their clients [ customers ] on all aspects of the law although many tend to concentrate on a particular area . |
| 9 | They can advise their clients [ customers ] on all aspects of the law although many tend to concentrate on a particular area . |
| 10 | They can advise their clients [ customers ] on all aspects of the law although many tend to concentrate on a particular area . |
| 11 | They can advise their clients [ customers ] on all aspects of the law although many tend to concentrate on a particular area . |
| 12 | The inability , so far , to properly confront issues of race is largely due to the huge number of white volunteers who simply find it too painful to accept that , because of their culture and upbringing , they tend to behave in a racist manner . |
| 13 | Lawyers tend to play in a zero-sum game ; doctors do not . |
| 14 | ‘ The bulls going to Perth are selected for the suckler men and tend to fit into a tight price band . |
| 15 | ‘ Many people tend to specialise in a certain topic such as sport or pop music but I concentrate on general knowledge . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Is nice , ’ said Adam , lapsing into broken English like foreigners tend to do in a strange land . |
| 17 | Facing the loathsome rat-men I tend to opt for a defensive strategy and try and inflict as many casualties as possible at long range . |
| 18 | Although this theoretically results in black , the inaccuracies in the ink pigments tend to result in a greenish black . |
| 19 | In answer to the question " where is the White House ? " , we tend to respond with a step-by-step description of the journey to be taken . |
| 20 | The overweight people tend to eat in a non-stop motion . |
| 21 | Other sentences have a similar type of structure , and tend to end in a similar evocation of vastness and remoteness , as the eye reaches its limit of vision : " under the enormous dome of the sky " ; " the monotonous sweep of the horizon " ; " as if the impassive earth had swallowed her up without an effort , without a tremor " ; " till I lost it at last behind the mitre-shaped hill of the great pagoda " . |
| 22 | They tend to rely on a rapid turnover of stock , to keep down inventory levels . |