Example sentences of "only tend [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I go to night schools and force myself to mix , but I only tend to socialise with my present or former care assistants , former Le Court friends and a few other people . |
| 2 | A rich fatty diet not only tends to make you overweight , it can also raise the level of cholesterol in the bloodstream — a predictor of heart disease . |
| 3 | One word of warning though : if you are someone whose daily life involves a strong competitive element , you would do well to avoid too much in the way of competitive sport ( squash , tennis and so on ) as your form of exercise as these will only tend to maintain an already high level of stress . |
| 4 | While working class women increasingly went out to work , usually out of economic necessity , philanthropists and policy makers increasingly urged them to pay more attention to their duties as wives and mothers , which only tended to exacerbate the difficulties they experienced . |
| 5 | It recommended the adoption of the procedure asked for in the Institute 's Memorial , which he had helped to organize , and the substitution of moderate passages , in place of his forthright statements , only tended to give the Report the appearance of a more impartial document . |