Example sentences of "a tendency [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They seemed to have a tendency to slide down it . |
| 2 | Younger men sometimes criss-crossed the frontiers of Carolingian regna : middle-age brought a tendency to settle down in the regnum where closeness to the king ( modern German historians have coined the useful term Königsnähe ) had brought greatest rewards . |
| 3 | Her fringe had a tendency to fall over her eyes , and she had to keep blowing at it to knock it aside . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | There is sometimes a tendency to set out apparatus at the beginning of a session and then to hurry the clearing up , thus losing valuable experience . |
| 6 | However far out an animal may seem to be going there is a tendency to swing back into a pre-ordained behaviour or orbit within which motivational satisfaction may be most probably attained . |
| 7 | But if rationalism and empiricism have a tendency to blot out God , we must recognise that the Enlightenment 's supreme beguilement which has so bewitched modern men and women is a false understanding of human beings . |
| 8 | Though he was shorter than Jezrael , he had a tendency to put back his bullet head and sneer down his nose at her . |
| 9 | There was undoubtedly a tendency to push back in time the establishment of a far-flung military hegemony . |
| 10 | This broad network of clientelism ( which has now been transferred to the cities ) has combined with the fact that many of these societies are highly fragmented , to create a tendency to unite around a leader rather than around an ideology . |
| 11 | Terry Gilliam , ex-Python and film director : ‘ John has a tendency to go off in fits and starts . |
| 12 | For — while Sir Felix had nothing much wrong with him except a wild look in his eye sometimes and a tendency to go off in fits of what Gemma had called " unstable " laughter — she had heard certain tales of moral laxity about his brothers and uncles and even one or two of his sisters , which had done nothing for her peace of mind . |
| 13 | Faldo said : ‘ When you are my height you have a tendency to go down too far on the ball and that is what I was doing . |
| 14 | Such would have a tendency to dry out or cool according to changing climatic conditions . |
| 15 | I had a tendency to run around in circles getting more and more worked up . |
| 16 | There has been ( and there may still be ) a tendency to run down the role of the European nobility in the wars so characteristic of the late Middle Ages . |
| 17 | ‘ The bookwork has a tendency to pile up if I do n't keep on top of it . ’ |
| 18 | A trend that appeared to be taking hold , indicated by a ‘ static sales , units up ’ Christmas , was a tendency to trade down , a switch to cheaper books . |
| 19 | BRITISH painting has always had a tendency to look in upon itself , but never more so than when the Napoleonic wars rendered travel on the Continent impossible . |
| 20 | The way people use and perceive space , including their seating arrangements and conversational distance , reflects what Ardrey has called the territorial imperative — a tendency to stake out a personal space and protect it . |
| 21 | Needless to say he might have a tendency to end up doing what he would n't want them doing amongst slurry and such like but . |
| 22 | Because I 'm getting a bit old I have a tendency to get out of breath . |
| 23 | A fellow whose hip operation and general physical incapacity does n't stop him going off to gaming-houses gets my vote , even if he does have a tendency to gurn on endlessly about obscure dates in the past of no interest to anyone . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ And finally , ’ Benjamin interrupted , ‘ Master Millet has a tendency to slip out of the chateau at night to meet God knows whom . ’ |
| 25 | There seems to be a tendency to build up security organizations on the basis of ‘ worst-case ’ arguments ( such as the possible increase in terrorism ) , which leads to serious encroachment on the liberties of citizens and to increasing paranoia . |
| 26 | There is thus a tendency to build up a strong personal relationship over a long time , and slick high-pressure selling techniques are unlikely to be of much help . |
| 27 | If you are too upright there is a tendency to sway back on to your heels to avoid the boom end . |
| 28 | I remember November 5 , 1953 , when a tendency to clear up had rather a disastrous consequence . |
| 29 | Erm , and it was interesting that there was always a tendency to stand up , was n't there . |
| 30 | Have you ever noticed how God has a tendency to match up the strong , overbearing with the meek and shy , the perfectionist with the reckless , the lazy with the energetic , the silly with the sober ? |