Example sentences of "tended [prep] be [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such initiatives tended to be overcome in time by inertia and indifference . |
| 2 | So certain privileged persons would place society under tribute , and since no doubt prices tended to be adjusted in compensation , the effect was comparable with that of shop-lifting at the present time . |
| 3 | Whereas members of the Young Socialists tended to be absorbed in politics and their views were well to the left of average , the views of the YCs were marked by an ordinariness . |
| 4 | At Cambridge he showed little aptitude for study and tended to be diverted by horse-racing and other forms of gambling . |
| 5 | They tended to be translated into imagery , an imagery which was presented in human terms . |
| 6 | The official recommendation on psychiatric referral tended to be disregarded in practice . |
| 7 | The list tended to be dominated by mathematics and language , with science occupying an increasingly important place over the evaluation period . |
| 8 | Regardless of subject labels , children 's curriculum experiences tended to be dominated by writing , with reading , using task-specific apparatus , and listening to the teacher also prominent ; collaborative activity and talking — with the teacher or with other pupils — were a long way behind . |
| 9 | For young women the disease sanctions were even stronger and tended to be linked with childbearing threats , with the possibility opened up of cancer , insanity and TB , or at the least frigidity or nymphomania . |
| 10 | Conversely , when they discovered diachronism , all similarities in lithology tended to be taken as evidence of different ages . |
| 11 | Gold and silver coins tended to be used as bullion and their metal value was an important consideration in a time of inflation , but a base metal coin could have a very long life . |