Example sentences of "tends [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the skinheads I 've met admit to having ‘ gone through ’ one or other of the parties of the extreme right , but , after a brief commitment , the enthusiasm tends to lapse along with the membership . |
| 2 | He is especially proud of his large collection of hunting birds , which occupies a substantial mews and tends to spill out into the palace itself , so that every room has at least one large bird of prey on its perch . |
| 3 | International discussion of service of process is influenced — and often confused — by the differing assumptions of the participants , each of whom tends to project on to the international plane the familiar features of his own national system . |
| 4 | As it travels outwards , the fluid tends to curve round in the flow direction . |
| 5 | The rain at this end of the island tends to die off towards the end of March , but it has certainly damaged pitches including that at the Government Stadium , which Paterson reckoned would be deemed unplayable by most clubs in Scotland . |
| 6 | But if you do , mix the ingredients well ( the bran tends to filter down to the bottom , in its dry state ) , divide into daily quantities and store in separate plastic storage bags . |
| 7 | For instance , a clay mineral with the lovely name montmorillonite tends to break up in the presence of small amounts of an organic molecule with the less-lovely name carboxymethyl cellulose . |
| 8 | ‘ Contacts at professional and academic level , seminars , familiarisation with techniques , will build up a rapport which tends to pay off in the long run , ’ he said . |