Example sentences of "tend [prep] be rather [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | There are companies which specialise in recording this kind of material , but they tend to be rather expensive . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They tend to be rather rare , preserved in a special way . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | You tend to be rather poorly which is why they 've given you the blood transfusion . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I do find the colonials tend to be rather over-zealous in their use of oak , do n't you ? ’ |
| 13 | … 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Modern accelerators tend to be rather large machines to produce the very high energy particles required to produce new particles . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | In addition , rapidly developed patinas tend to be rather loose and powdery . |
| 18 | They are usually black or aluminium coloured and tend to be rather specialised and difficult to buy . |