Example sentences of "[conj] tend [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is in itself unremarkable and can be explained if , of the two types , the carbon-free granulites have a higher porosity , a weaker matrix or a greater proportion of long thin cracks that tend to close on application of small confining pressures . |
| 2 | With the stressed plants there was a problem in ‘ seeing ’ narrow leaves of the sort that tend to occur under stress . |
| 3 | that tend to appear at Christmas , |
| 4 | They have less opportunity to make new friendships and tend to depend for companionship on the continuity of longstanding relationships . |
| 5 | In this respect , pregnant girls at Arbour are also very knowledgeable and confident about giving birth because they have been so well prepared for it , and tend to sail through labour and birth without a lot of problems . |
| 6 | These fibrotic processes are rare and tend to occur in isolation , although a number of overlap syndromes has been reported with multiple organ involvement . |