Example sentences of "tends [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The local authority committee member tends to go in dread of anything which may scandalise the electorate , voluntary organisations look to the man in the street for approval and funding . |
| 2 | The ‘ map ’ also shows that the construct ‘ light ’ tends to stand in opposition to this major dimension of judgment and is instead more closely associated with the sense of ‘ civilization ’ and aspects perceived as being ‘ horizontal ’ . |
| 3 | But even the political market tends to increase in autonomy from the social field during the process of modernization — the Michelsian oligarchic mass party was one step in this direction ; its recent supersession by politics as presentation through the media is a further step . |
| 4 | Naturalists shower us with intriguing accounts , both anecdotal and experimental , and their range tends to put in perspective the sense , if any , in which we might wish to claim that some were consciously purposive and others not . |
| 5 | Rates on domestic property are essentially a regressive tax : the value of the house or other property occupied by a taxpayer tends to decline in relation to increased income . |
| 6 | The gold price therefore tends to move in parallel with bond yields , which also reflect expectations of inflation . |
| 7 | Whatever the case , non-insulin dependent diabetes in Europeans tends to occur in middle or older age , after completion of the reproductive phase in women , and contrasts with the early age of onset and severity of the disease observed in populations such as Nauruans . |