Example sentences of "tend [prep] be rather [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If our body is becoming too warm — through sunbathing , for example — then the air is a ‘ pleasant breeze' ; if it is tending to be rather cool — seated in wintertime — then the air is a ‘ draught ’ . |
| 2 | It tends to be rather concentrated and is n't really the one we want . |
| 3 | There is also a large and venerable literature on the nature and purposes of higher education , which rings with names such as Newman , Veblen , Ortega y Gasset , and Jaspers [ see Powell 's bibliography ( 1966 , 1971 ) , and there have been many more recent examples but such writing likewise tends to be rather general , and only by extension addresses the question of what is to be taught in curricular terms ; but see Goodlad 1976 ; Barnett 1985 ] . |
| 4 | Whilst most teachers would view with distaste the ascription of such ‘ global ’ traits to whole groups of children on the basis of class ( Nick , being working class , tends to be rather slaphappy ! ) , or race ( Anne 's an immigrant , immigrants try so much harder ) . |
| 5 | The research however does not take into account the readers ' literary competence and the analysis of the responses tends to be rather impressionistic . |
| 6 | At the moment the presentation of the palaces tends to be rather plain and unimaginative . |
| 7 | On paper all have done so , although in reality most statements of departmental objectives have tended to be rather vague and generalized , describing functions or responsibilities rather than underlying goals or objectives ( Financial Management in Government Departments , 1983 ; Gray and Jenkins , 1985 , pp. 84–7 ) . |
| 8 | 3D spreadsheets have been around for a while , but have tended to be rather cumbersome to use . |
| 9 | His 1970s cycle of the complete Symphonies all too often gave us the plainer side of Masur 's musical nature : these tend to be rather sober accounts . |
| 10 | They are already present in early Cambrian rocks and are still with us today , although living brachiopods tend to be rather inconspicuous in shallow waters . |
| 11 | While commercial gravel tidies are available , these tend to be rather expensive , of a standard size and often as not , of an extremely fine mesh size which can soon block . |
| 12 | There are companies which specialise in recording this kind of material , but they tend to be rather expensive . |
| 13 | The brachiopods are still numerous in some environments , but these tend to be rather inaccessible , such as in the deep sea , which inhibits their direct study in the field . |
| 14 | MPs who on the whole tend to be rather casual about going to meetings organised for their benefit by pressure groups tend to go to the nuclear forum , because it is always well-structured and organised , and because they can then say to constituents who work in either the nuclear industry or the nuclear supply industry that they have been , and still are , taking an interest in the decisions that affect those particular electors . |
| 15 | They tend to be rather rare , preserved in a special way . |
| 16 | Stallions , colts , and geldings tend to be rather mean to cows and other animals ; they enjoy chasing them relentlessly , and some have a special obsession for chewing the ears of cattle . |
| 17 | You tend to be rather poorly which is why they 've given you the blood transfusion . |
| 18 | Most clubs tend to be rather informal arrangements by a group of banks in different countries which agree to support and provide a better customer service by means of reciprocal lending arrangements . |
| 19 | The markets in options that are deeply in or out of the money tend to be rather thin , and such options are not actively traded . |
| 20 | I do find the colonials tend to be rather over-zealous in their use of oak , do n't you ? ’ |
| 21 | … the pupils are remarkably honest about their reactions , if anything they tend to be rather hard on themselves in their criticism of their own work , but they very , very rarely pretend that it 's better than , or more successful than they actually feel it is . |
| 22 | I tend to be rather disorganised when packing gear , so anything that helps me keep things in the right place has got to be a bonus . |
| 23 | Modern accelerators tend to be rather large machines to produce the very high energy particles required to produce new particles . |
| 24 | However the texture of these patinas is not very convincing as they tend to be rather matt and powdery , and are quite easily recognised under the microscope . |
| 25 | In addition , rapidly developed patinas tend to be rather loose and powdery . |
| 26 | They are usually black or aluminium coloured and tend to be rather specialised and difficult to buy . |
| 27 | Not only do books often tend to be rather broad in their approach to a subject , but they can also take a long time to be published after they are written and the information may thus be out of date . |
| 28 | ‘ Scots do tend to be rather inhibited about interior design , ’ she acknowledges . |
| 29 | They consequently tended to be rather coy about drawing corrective conclusions from their theories . |
| 30 | He tended to be rather naïve in his dealings with others ; outspokenly critical , to the point of rudeness , of his less gifted fellow-musicians — a trait which was to earn him many enemies ; deceitful on occasion ; and certainly arrogant , in an age when obsequiousness and servile flattery were necessary to ensure success . |