Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] tend [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only does the text tend to be repetitious but each item of gear if prefaced by an otherwise blank page informing us of the Key Point to be gleaned in that section , pearls of wisdom such as : ‘ A file is useful for sharpening the edges of your … hooks . |
| 2 | So far , we have seen that while physics was viewed by students as exciting and forward-looking , in practice the teaching tended to be conventional and hierarchical , very much like school , with students being given a body of information to absorb . |
| 3 | Because companies pay taxes according to how well they did the previous year , the deficit tends to be deepest just as we come out of recession . |
| 4 | The clew and foot of the sail are cut quite high to provide greater manoeuvrability , whilst the boom tends to be short — 1.65m on a 5.5 sq m sail . |
| 5 | The Abacus tends to be stronger , so the Southern League of Wales teams have a greater pool of talent to draw from . ’ |
| 6 | The result tends to be low productivity , the appearance of shortages and surpluses , an exodus of skilled labour from agriculture because of its low priority and a sharp contrast between a small efficient private sector and a large inefficient public sector . |
| 7 | It may be difficult to find the neck pulse in a baby because the neck tends to be short and chubby . |
| 8 | If no time limit is set the work tends to be unfocused . |
| 9 | In fact , whereas the parallel protestant movement of evangelical revival was for all people , and the issue tended to be decisive , catholic spirituality diverged on both points . |
| 10 | The harmony tends to be bare and cold , with an absence of the lushness Debussy generally loved to create . |
| 11 | Alright , I mean there 's I think we 've got more responsibilities where the husband tends to be able to go away and do that a lot easier than what a woman would be able to do . |
| 12 | A slight ridge can be felt along the length of the otherwise very smooth surface and , much more important , the wall of the tube tends to be thicker than with other production methods . |
| 13 | The rest tended to be solid red or dun , except for the black Døle . |
| 14 | With the pile running down , the colour tends to be lighter , shows fewer pressure marks , and can be brushed more easily with a downward stroke . |
| 15 | Other methods such as transferring the employee , restructuring the job and firing the person tend to be last resort tactics and in certain circumstances can be hard , or even impossible to implement . |
| 16 | When a new product is introduced , such as a video-cassette recorder or a home computer , the price tends to be high on account of the initial development and marketing costs . |
| 17 | Finally , in the Western Hemisphere region where , among developing regions , infant mortality is lowest , the pattern resembles that observed lately in low infant mortality , developed countries , i.e. , the chances of surviving infancy are greatest for the first births and the relationship tends to be linear . |
| 18 | Thus , the food supply from the plankton tends to be seasonal , and for long periods , over vast reaches of the open ocean , it is virtually non-existent . |
| 19 | ‘ Much of the talk of our record at the ground tends to be irrelevant , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Here , anything that threatens the superego tends to be destructive ; and we can readily see that the externalization of conflict , although defensive for the ego , may be damaging for the culture because the effect of the externalization is to make the culture the locus of the conflict . |
| 21 | Standing committees , especially , tend to conduct their business away from the glare of publicity and the debate tends to be efficient , rational and frequently unpartisan . |
| 22 | Similarly , age was associated with an increase in H pylori prevalence , but the peak of H pylori positive subjects was found in the group aged between 50 and 60 years , whereas the rate tended to be lower in older subjects . |
| 23 | The writing tends to be thin and angular , with little harmonic substance . |
| 24 | Normally they forecast for open water so when they say it 's going to blow Force 3/4 , the wind on the beach tends to be nearer Force 2/3 . |
| 25 | Sample surveys had shown that most people who go to the theatre tend to be middle-class and well-educated , but since so few people altogether actually go to the serious theatre there must be many middle-class , well-educated people who are not theatre-goers . |
| 26 | He says the Leeds course has broadened his horizons : ‘ We have people on my course from all over the world so the approach tends to be international . |
| 27 | If the previous mispricing was positive ( the future was overpriced ) , then the change in the mispricing tended to be negative ( the overpricing declined ) , and vice versa . |
| 28 | In gardens where the soil tends to be dry , they will do best in shade . |
| 29 | In those regions where rainfall is adequate , the soil tends to be poor , or the weather too cold . |
| 30 | His own discussion of the project tended to be vague and large . |