Example sentences of "[noun pl] have tended [to-vb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Daly points out that the development of these words has tended to erase the female power once latent in their meanings . |
2 | This was unexpected as previously ozone losses had tended to follow a two-year cycle , with shallower holes evident in even-numbered years . |
3 | Perhaps unsure of exactly what to expect from Alsace wines , it seems British wine drinkers have tended to give the whole lot a miss . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | In particular , the large romanized buildings have tended to dominate a disproportionate amount of past excavation at the expense of the more vernacular structures , even though recent evidence has begun to redress the balance . |
6 | The banks have tended to choose a lower liquidity ratio over the years , and certainly a lower cash ratio . |
7 | This may suggest that our ideas about wakes should undergo similar evolution , but recent experiments have tended to confirm the earlier picture . |
8 | That is because producers have tended to drop the lower-yielding varieties , he explains . |
9 | 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 ’ . |
10 | When considering whether the Revolution should be seen as a victory for Whig principles or not , historians have tended to take a constitutional frame of reference — the more a particular historian believes the Revolution settlement limited the constitutional powers of the Crown , then the more Whiggish the Revolution is said to be . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Middle-class voters have tended to support the Conservative party in Britain , and working-class voters the Labour party . |
13 | In the post-war period , foreign affairs and economic issues have tended to dominate the Prime Ministers ' parliamentary attention . |
14 | In the late 1940s integrationists had tended to desire a single federal political system , which at some point would entail a single act of abrogation of national rights to a supranational authority , whose precedence over the former national states would be constitutionally defined . |
15 | However , in the past the courts have tended to adopt a different approach and first " look at the contract apart from the exempting clauses and see what are the terms , express or implied , which impose an obligation on the party " ( Lord Denning in Karsales ( Harrow ) Ltd v Wallis [ 1956 ] 1 WLR 936 ) and only then consider the impact of the exclusion on that liability . |