Example sentences of "have a tendency to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this book is about marriage , this chapter needs to take the reader back into history because therein lie our roots and forgotten history has a tendency to be relived . |
| 2 | Picture quality is good ; if the format has a weakness , it is in the quality of the sound if recorded to the old ‘ mono ’ system which has a tendency to be slightly hissy . |
| 3 | Nowadays evaluation has a tendency to be much more structured and less prosaic . |
| 4 | Thirdly , it has a tendency to a rather static and essentialist picture of both ‘ men ’ and ‘ women ’ , in this way ignoring the important and real differences between women themselves . |
| 5 | For example , those with characteristically straight hair which has a tendency to greasiness and lankiness would choose the mild Body Building Shampoo to gently purify the hair without stripping it of essential moisture , and the Body Building Conditioner to replenish thirsty hair strands without weighing them down . |
| 6 | Liza had always had a tendency to wildness . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In strong winds , however , the sides of the tent had a tendency to cave in and flap about . |
| 10 | And he was also very tired : when sitting to Wyndham lewis in the spring , he had a tendency to drowsiness and sometimes slumber . |
| 11 | Fourth and finally , the social composition of the Council — which had a tendency to be more upper class than the Assembly , and to be drawn more from the traditionally , almost professionally political families — must have inclined it to play the master not the servant . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | This is because most of us have a tendency to ‘ sink ’ down into our hips so , by allowing a lengthening of the torso , a redistribution of fat tissue takes place and the pupil becomes taller and thinner . |
| 15 | Would you consider that either of you have a tendency to be dependent on your own parents : Emotionally Spiritually Financially ? |
| 16 | They have a tendency to be temperamental , but it would be good experience . |
| 17 | Hayek argues that these are self-generating structures which have a tendency to equilibrium . |
| 18 | Moreover , in keeping with my earlier remarks , I would argue that racialized and ethnic discourses and encounters have a tendency to be contradictory and ambivalent in character . |
| 19 | ‘ Women often have a tendency to arch their backs which has the effect of making the voice sound more remote , ’ says Meribeth . |
| 20 | Such an intellectual process is likely to be of great value in business organisations which have a tendency to be long on action , but short on thought ! |
| 21 | ‘ The Americans always have a tendency to bolt off the blocks , and we had to go with them . |