Example sentences of "[noun pl] would tend [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the losses would tend to be greater in the summer period this figure is an under estimate . |
| 2 | Inevitably , an essay along these lines would tend to be rather unscholarly and prejudiced ! |
| 3 | For most parts of the world , however , the most convenient and effective sites for wind generators would tend to be coastal or offshore where winds are stronger and space is not at a premium . |
| 4 | Although he stops short of locating particular disciplines within this typology , one can see that for example the natural sciences would tend to be hard and pure , engineering would be hard and applied , the arts are likely to be soft , and so on . |
| 5 | It seems equally likely that , even without adopting the Scandinavian scheme involving a different scale of penalties for marital rape , sentencing in such cases would tend to be more lenient than in other rape cases . |
| 6 | Our first assumption , that non-respondents would tend to be teachers who had not been involved in a review , proved to be unfounded . |
| 7 | Here the prevalence of people susceptible to infectious agents would tend to be higher than in urban areas or in adjacent rural areas , which show no excess ( tables II and VI ) . |
| 8 | ‘ The second reason for withdrawing clause 54(4) is that these services would tend to be much less used . |
| 9 | One of the first people , perhaps the first , to spot that biological polymers would tend to be helical was a Californian physicist , H. R. Crane . |
| 10 | Any real growth in consumption of all meats would tend to be led by lower prices . |