Example sentences of "[noun prp] tend [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One problem is that appeals to the European Court from decisions of DGIV tend to take a very long time , and there is also some doubt as to whether the Court is an appropriately constituted body to act as a review tribunal in the sense described above . |
| 2 | In contrast , levels of HDL tend to show an inverse relationship with the incidence of coronary artery disease , and hence the name , the protective lipoprotein ( Castelli et al , 1977 ; Gordon et al , 1977b ; Miller et al , 1977a ) . |
| 3 | While some argue that the anti-labour nature of many of the governments in such low-wage countries makes the task of the TNCs even easier , others argue that the TNCs tend to bring a more progressive atmosphere into labour relations than had previously been the case in such countries . |
| 4 | The dye and additives used in the UK tend to leave a sooty deposit on pans , but a purer form available in other countries avoids this . |
| 5 | However , few would argue that this has a determining influence on the size of the public sector or that such a diversity of actors can he described as a single ‘ elite ’ Rather , authors such as the US Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental relations and Rose and Peters in Britain tend to stress the plurality of causes of growth in public expenditure . |
| 6 | At present , our partners in Europe tend to follow an old-fashioned prescriptive approach to social policy . |
| 7 | Long-time passengers of Aurigny tend to take the operation for granted ; it is the equivalent of the old-time village bus to them . |