Example sentences of "tend [to-vb] the [noun sg] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would tend to support the idea that there is an important place for the paraprofessional in the social services whether or not there is a shortage of professionally trained personnel in a given locality . |
| 2 | Anecdotal evidence does tend to support the view that owners exercise control but these instances are anything but the basis for generalizable statements across fields and decades . |
| 3 | This will tend to reduce the price that a trader is prepared to pay for a long position , and increase the price required for a short position . |
| 4 | Language teachers may tend to present the view that it is the only way to learn the language . |
| 5 | If the reader has more knowledge than the writer has supposed , then he will tend to disregard the discourse that has been plotted in the act of writing and simply take from the text whatever best suits his purpose . |