Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [art] tendency " in BNC.
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| 1 | " with the view to promoting the co-operation of the two schools and the possibility of avoiding the teaching subjects in the two schools having a tendency to overlap and so bringing the two schools more fully in accord with the requirements of the town . " |
| 2 | Many clients had a tendency to just store their money away and not do anything with it and sit in clothes that did n't belong to them . |
| 3 | Schools have a tendency to call in parents on their own terms only : the genuine involvement of parents must include curriculum development , not just being brought in as cheap labour to read stories in the classroom . |
| 4 | Poor readers have a tendency to produce spelling errors which are non-phonological in that the sound structure of the intended word is not well represented in the error ( see Camp and Dolcourt , 1977 ; Frith , 1979 ) . |
| 5 | We shall , however , take care not to prejudice the great asset that native speakers have a tendency to focus more on message and less on medium than non-native foreign-language teachers do . |
| 6 | Unhappy homes have a tendency to breed further unhappy homes in succeeding generations . |
| 7 | Quite a few hangars have a tendency to rain inside in the morning as frozen condensation melts and you might want to consider strategically placing silica gel bags inside . |
| 8 | They noted that asylums had a tendency to provide employment on farms and in workshops for the most competent and socially organized patients and there were some remarkably successful asylum farming ventures ; for example , in the early twentieth century Cane Hill Hospital became famous for its herd of pedigree pigs . |
| 9 | Interesting cargoes had a tendency to go missing . |
| 10 | What these critics apparently ca n't stomach is that wealth creators have a tendency to acquire wealth in the process of creating it for others . |
| 11 | The Conservatives have a tendency to believe that planning decisions can be taken on the profit motive . |
| 12 | Mr George : Well , the German planes had a tendency to have a different note to the British planes and you never got many British planes over at night anyway . |
| 13 | One problem with this is that comparisons have a tendency to set up one group covertly as the norm ; in the case of sex , it is men who are the norm . |
| 14 | Grasses have a tendency to ‘ winter burn ’ more or less in proportion to the amount of herbage standing in a field at the onset of frosty weather . |
| 15 | Retailers have a tendency to be quite selfish people wanting more and more of a product that is selling well , but cancelling an order and telling you to go away and solve your own problems when there 's a product that is n't selling well . |
| 16 | During the storm itself , people already ill often become worse , women nearing the end of their pregnancy may go into labour and unbalanced individuals have a tendency to become violent . |
| 17 | It has the potential to be a double-suckler ( some families have a tendency to produce twins ) and remains well able to produce high-quality meat and milk from low-protein foodstuffs , with an excellent food conversion rate . |
| 18 | Boaden found that Labour councillors have a tendency to favour higher standards , and hence to support larger expenditures by local authorities , even when allowance is made for other contributory factors ( Boaden 1971 : 112 ) . |
| 19 | girls have a tendency to do that sort of thing do n't they ? |
| 20 | There are times when the Americans have a tendency to cut corners and push their aircraft too far . |
| 21 | The committee carried out a range of fascinating research and confirmed what the public knew already , namely that the ham sandwiches available in motorway cafeterias had a tendency to be ‘ thin , tasteless ham in soggy bread ’ . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , for all the tousled-haired trickery of Ziober and Roman Kosecki on the flanks , and the delicate midfield skills of Tarasiewicz , the Poles had a tendency to waste possession by shooting from ludicrous range . |
| 23 | One problem when using the Tube as a tent is that the lightweight alloy poles have a tendency to bend at the joints when under strong pressure . |
| 24 | Linguists have a tendency to regard it as axiomatic that all teachers — including teachers of subjects other than languages — need to be informed about language . |
| 25 | Bridges reckoned that , in every new administration , ministers had a tendency in their first year ‘ to bring matters to the committees which with greater experience they would settle themselves ’ . |
| 26 | The colourless races have a tendency to succumb to ‘ the malady ’ which afflicts the protagonist . |
| 27 | Others have a tendency to cause constipation , and this in turn can produce incontinence both of urine and faeces . |
| 28 | on my left said earlier , and wo wo women have a tendency to say yes to everything that they can do , just because they can do it , and they know they can but they tend to heap up far too many obligations , and that causes many carers |
| 29 | Labour authorities have a tendency to disarm tenants . |
| 30 | They er operators have a tendency to overcrowd the profitable ones and those that are not profitable loose out altogether . |