Example sentences of "[noun] have tend [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps unsure of exactly what to expect from Alsace wines , it seems British wine drinkers have tended to give the whole lot a miss .
2 Coloureds and Indians have tended to support the National Party — one estimate is that 60% of them gave it their backing in mid-1992 — because they saw it as a bulwark against black domination .
3 This may suggest that our ideas about wakes should undergo similar evolution , but recent experiments have tended to confirm the earlier picture .
4 That is because producers have tended to drop the lower-yielding varieties , he explains .
5 Subsequent debates have tended to favour the Hobbesian view , arguing for institutions of authority , and dismissing Rousseau as a romantic utopianist who simply did not accept people for what they ‘ really are ’ .
6 Many historians have tended to stress the instrumental nature of sexual relationships and the conflicts inherent in working-class patterns of life , and no doubt much of this was often true ; but because we can not now identify with the exact meanings given to activities , this does not mean that strong feelings of warmth and mutual support did not exist .
7 Middle-class voters have tended to support the Conservative party in Britain , and working-class voters the Labour party .
8 In the post-war period , foreign affairs and economic issues have tended to dominate the Prime Ministers ' parliamentary attention .
9 Curiously pursuers ' agents to date have tended to follow the specific wording of the rule , namely disclosing ‘ the substance of the evidence ’ by which they have simply produced the factual statement by the Expert and excluded his opinion or conclusion .
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