Example sentences of "[noun pl] tend [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the consonant sounds which make speech intelligible ; therefore it is not surprising that people who lose the high frequencies tend to hear the voice but not to be able to distinguish words . |
| 2 | Gill and Jackson had the ideal opportunity to demonstrate how the phenomenon of identity confusion could be understood through the process of racial discrimination in society , a path whereby children of minority groups tend to internalise the values of the dominant society , and internalise derogatory values about themselves . |
| 3 | However , if farms remain profitable , yield-increasing technologies tend to mask the effect of soil degradation and erosion and make up for declines in fertility that would have occurred if land had been cultivated with a constant level of technology . |
| 4 | Animals that are too aggressive , too daring , or too timid for their own good in terms of reproduction are gradually eliminated so that in a stable environment the median values tend to become the population norms . |
| 5 | In one field , the East Germans tend to sweep the West Germans out of sight . |
| 6 | Functionalists tend to see the relationship between social groups in society as one of cooperation and interdependence . |
| 7 | Herbal remedies tend to treat the symptoms , even if the actual cause is not known . |
| 8 | The Georgians tend to start the lifts only when they have to , so if you are first up each lift , you ask them to open the next one ! |
| 9 | Moreover lists tend to facilitate the election of women . |
| 10 | Since people 's self-assessments tend to reflect the way they wish they spoke , Trudgill took it that women wished to identify themselves with a higher social class , and thus that their status aspirations were higher than men 's ( with male informants he found the opposite tendency , which will be discussed later on ) . |
| 11 | These considerations tend to blur the distinction somewhat . |
| 12 | They are aware that designer labels are no passport to instant glamour and that designers tend to recycle the past anyway . |
| 13 | In fact , very large waves , whatever their frequency , tend to erode the beach , while small waves tend to build the beach up . |
| 14 | He finds , not surprisingly , that the two based mainly on economic indicators tend to rank the United States very high ( first and second ) , while the other two , more widely based , classifications rank it lower ( sixth and twentyfourth ) . |
| 15 | While today 's soul singers tend to reflect the mores of a new black middle class , their erstwhile role — as an authentic voice or urban black experience — had been filled by rap artists . |
| 16 | Marsh observed that companies tend to retain the services of their financial advisers over extended periods and therefore the underwriting is but one of many such financial services . |
| 17 | It has disadvantages , of course : bigger birds like eagles tend to bite the transmitter off , and , like so many things to do with birds of prey , telemetry sets are expensive . |
| 18 | Functions tend to dominate the scene with notions appearing in a separate sub-plot in a relatively minor role . |
| 19 | As a theory it is common enough : in the Italian Constitution the family is the only association among people which is designated ‘ natural ’ , and contemporary British conservatives tend to see the family as a possible counterweight to the power of the state . |
| 20 | 3.8 In practice judges tend to use the expression " pain and suffering " without distinguishing clearly between the two elements . |
| 21 | The City 's planners tend to encourage the restoration of listed buildings to their original states if they do not have to be torn down , he said . |
| 22 | Individual therapists tend to approach the art in their own unique way . |
| 23 | Even when gender differences require Byzantine elaborations of conventional cognitive theory to explain them , feminist psychologists tend to ignore the possibility of a specifically female cognitive structure . |
| 24 | Feminist psychologists tend to see the significance of gender differences much as conventional psychologists do . |
| 25 | Cautious lenders tend to discount the past . |
| 26 | Such explanations tend to emphasize the possession of knowledge for its own sake . |
| 27 | Although most professional broadcasters know this , governments tend to ignore the point — and many radio stations , like the ZBS , are under government direction and control . |
| 28 | Organisations tend to emphasise the benefits of policies rather than their costs , looking at the objectives to be achieved rather than the resources available . |
| 29 | In the early stages of training most pilots tend to chase the localiser needle . |
| 30 | Twin rear wheels tend to obstruct the load area because they require larger wheelarches . |