Example sentences of "that [pers pn] tends to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The satirical phrase used to embarrass the ‘ Action Men ’ is that they have the ‘ John Wayne syndrome ’ ; the fact it is Wayne rather than Rambo who is used to ridicule them gives a clue that it tends to be the older members of the force who use the term to describe the exuberant younger policemen . |
| 2 | If we look at industrial work it can be seen that it tends to be too much dominated by part tasks in that the worker is not involved with the delivery of the whole product but with a small component of it and even , at times , with a particular operation on that small component . |
| 3 | If you find that it tends to ‘ pull in ’ too much then cast on for two by one rib . |
| 4 | Obese people tend to have higher levels of insulin than those of normal weight , and the disadvantage of insulin is that it tends to further encourage the body to deposit rather than burn up fat . |
| 5 | Since the 1920s concern has been expressed over the fact that it tends to be the younger and better qualified people who are 51 leaving the less dynamic North , thus undermining the ability of the latter to rejuvenate itself . |
| 6 | is that it tends to be women who do more of it . |
| 7 | That it tends to be the lower status , less experienced teachers whose attitudes are most positive and the longest serving , institutionally most powerful teachers who are the most negative may explain why this willingness apparently bears so little fruit . |
| 8 | They are self selecting , and what we 've got to puncture is not the erm idea that the best goes forward , which is what you 're suggesting , erm but the idea of this self-selecting bit , it 's quite true that it tends to be men who put themselves forward for selection and election , and women do n't . |