Example sentences of "tend to [be] [adj] to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the coding which follows an ESC character tends to be specific to each application . |
| 2 | Capital both economic and symbolic appears as an investment open to calculation , and social hierarchy tends to be reducible to these two main linear strands through which capital can be exploited in social positioning . |
| 3 | For AMS , the upper age limit is determined by other factors such as machine stability and the degree of modern contamination introduced in the processing of very small samples ; the values tend to be similar to those for conventional radiocarbon laboratories . |
| 4 | Since boards of directors tend to be unsympathetic to such questions , the personnel manager generally finds it more expedient to adopt an imaginative approach to the information he supplies . |
| 5 | My amendments are not designed to cover every eventuality , which of course would be a practical impossibility , but are aimed at the provisions that tend to be common to most agreements and leases . |
| 6 | It was found that the palaeomagnetism of young rocks tended to be close to that expected from the present magnetic field , but older rocks showed marked deviations . |