Example sentences of "tends [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike chlorine which tends to kill at all concentrations , but takes longer , QACs are bactericidal only when reduced to a certain concentration after which they inhibit cell reproduction without killing . |
| 2 | The fact is that Schubert 's Symphonies are appallingly badly served at present , with the exception of the ‘ Unfinished ’ and ‘ Great ’ , although there too my heart tends to sink at the memory of even some of the established ‘ best buys ’ . |
| 3 | Since then Jodie tends to sit at a separate table for interviews . |
| 4 | Land in this category tends to sell at inflated prices , over the current use value , varying from a marginal surcharge , to perhaps 50% over the value of building land , depending on the degree of hope that the site will receive planning approval in due course . |
| 5 | The British engineer tends to look at something and knock it down . |
| 6 | So and our company tends to look at things more on the short term . |
| 7 | Webs without stabilimenta are more delicate ; the spider tends to build at night and take the web down before dawn , recycling the silk next evening . |
| 8 | About 700m ecus are still waiting to be collected , partly because spending tends to bunch at the end of a period and partly because Britain 's system of local-authority finance means that some councils can not use the money . |
| 9 | Though money may follow the patient , postoperative morbidity tends to stay at home . |
| 10 | This tends to happen at several levels . |
| 11 | Compromise tends to occur at the level of implementation ’ . |
| 12 | A reduction in bone density tends to begin at the menopause . |
| 13 | One was a spontaneous mêleé of the kind that tends to erupt at pub closing times or in dance halls . |